The Cape Verde Islands are officially known as Republica de Cabo Verde. The capital is Praia. The islands lie in the Atlantic Ocean, west of Senegal. Cape Verde consists of two island groups, the Barlavento and the Sotavento. The Barlavento group consists of Santo Antao, Sao Vicente, Santa Luzia, Sal, Boa Vista, and Sao Nicolau….
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Cape Verdeans to Hawaii: A Pre-Sugar Plantation Era Migration
Very few foreigners had made their way to the Hawaiian Islands by the early 1800s. by the 1830s, they appeared with more frequency. Records are few and far between. We do know that natives of Cape Verde made it to Hawaii long before the sugar plantation era. Let’s learn a little about them. Where is…