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

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 in the cranberry industry, on the docks, and as domestic workers.Halter, Marilyn is the author of 'Between Race and Ethnicity Cape Verdean American Immigrants, 1860-1965', published 1993 under ISBN 9780252063268 and ISBN 0252063260.