One of the major forces that brought Cape Verdeans to the Americas was the whaling industry. American whalers from New Bedford first began travelling to the islands in the 1790s, and further developed their trade as time progressed into the 19th century.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Verdean_American
Many Cape Verdeans worked in the cranberry bogs for the cranberry industry in Southeastern Massachusetts. Cape Verdean migration to the United States in the 19th century and early 20th century was composed of the islands' poorer classes. In 1922, the U.S. government restricted the immigration of peoples of color, greatly reducing Cape Verdean immigration.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Verdean_American
Today, more Cape Verdeans live in faraway communities than in the homeland. Cape Verdeans are found throughout Africa, Brazil, and Portugal, as well as in Senegal, Italy, and Holland, and in the United States, in southeastern New England.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/places/africa/cape-verde-political-geography/cape-verdeans
The USA has the oldest and largest population of Cape Verdean expats in the world. It is estimated to be anywhere from 80,000 (from official US census data) to 200,000 (according to the Cape Verde embassy in Washington, DC).
http://greatcvadventure.blogspot.com/2011/06/cape-verdean-diaspora.html
Most Cape Verdeans dwell in their native Cape Verde Islands off the coast of West Africa. Diaspora settlements, however, are located around the world. Cape Verde refers to the green color of the islands that sailors first saw after traveling south from European shores.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/places/africa/cape-verde-political-geography/cape-verdeans
These individuals comprise the Cape Verdean diaspora. The popular thinking is that more Cape Verdeans live outside Cape Verde than live within it. The population of Cape Verde is just over half-million residents in 2011 (based on the most recent census). I've heard estimates for the population of the diaspora that range from half-million to one million.
http://greatcvadventure.blogspot.com/2011/06/cape-verdean-diaspora.html
But all was not lost. Fortunately for the prosperity of Cape Verde, the islands had by then secured their own airport, courtesy of the Italians. Built in 1939 near the town of Espargos, on the island of Sal, the airport was primarily used as a fueling stop-over for flights from Rome to South America.
http://thecapeverdean.com/history.html
Nevertheless, my great grandfather immigrated to the United States from Cape Verde long before Cabral’s revolutionary days. My great grandfather, a carpenter, and great grandmother, a Cape Verdean palm reader and medium, whose family was from Portugal, settled in Nantucket in the early twentieth century.
http://notevenpast.org/passing-portuguese-one-familys-struggle-race-and-identity-america/
Black Portuguese refers to the Cape Verdeans who settled in New England; they are distinct from other black Portuguese-speaking people from the islands of the Portuguese empire (principally Azoreans) who often settled in the same New England Neighborhoods where Cape Verdeans lived.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/places/africa/cape-verde-political-geography/cape-verdeans
by Danielle Porter Sanchez. My father’s family came from Cape Verde, a tiny archipelago off the west coast of Africa near Senegal. Cape Verde was part of the Portuguese empire until a bloody fight for freedom initially led by my personal hero, Amilcar Cabral, brought independence to nation in July 1975.
http://notevenpast.org/passing-portuguese-one-familys-struggle-race-and-identity-america/
where do cape verdeans come from
The Cape Verdeans come from Africa, Brazil, Portugal, Senegal, Italy, Holland, United States, and from Southeastern part of New England. Cape Verdeans comes from Africa, Brazil, and Portugal, as well as in Senegal, Italy, and Holland, and in the United States, in southeastern New England. Cape verdeans come from Africa, Brazil, and Portugal as well as in Senegal, Italy, and Holland and in the United States in southeastern New England.