Cape Verdeans that moved to Harwich MA
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Re: Cape Verdeans that moved to Harwich MA
| Goldenage1 (View posts) | Posted: 21 Dec 2007 3:50PM GMT |
Classification: Query
You wrote: "What brought so many of them to the New England area in the 1800's? I have also been trying to research a family from there that settled in New London."
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A bit of anecdotal information. My dad ran a cranberry bog near New London in the 1940's. He reported that a large number of the cranberry pickers were Cape Verdeans. Whole families worked together during the fall harvest season.
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A bit of anecdotal information. My dad ran a cranberry bog near New London in the 1940's. He reported that a large number of the cranberry pickers were Cape Verdeans. Whole families worked together during the fall harvest season.