Between Race and Ethnicity: Cape Verdean American Immigrants, 1860-1965

by Marilyn Halter

Book Overview

Cape Verdean Americans are the only major group of Americans to have
made the voyage from Africa to the United States voluntarily. Their homeland,
a drought-stricken archipelago off the west coast of Africa, had long
been colonized by the Portuguese. Arriving in New England first as crew
members of whaling vessels, these Afro-Portuguese immigrants later came
as permanent settlers in their own packet ships. They were employed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252063260
• ISBN13: 9780252063268
• Release Date: May 1993
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"