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From: (Richard Bond)
Subject: Guyana Portuguese
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 13:53:09 -0400 (EDT)
References: <00cd01c0bbee$980be1e0$47476395@judynoel>
Most of the Guyana Portuguese are descended from the followers of a
British evangelist minister who converted a large minority to
Protestantism. They ended up leaving for the New World when Madeira
became polarized they settled in a number of places and many
subsequently relocated to the US midwest. In Massachusetts by contrast
most Portuguese were Azorean.
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