New Hampshire (NH) is not one of the places that are associated with Cape Verdean immigration.  However, it was a destination of some Cape Verdeans as early as the Civil War.  Half a century later, World War I draft registration cards and a passport application shows several Cape Verdeans living in New Hampshire during the war.  

Records indicate that one colored troop in the Civil War that came from New Hampshire was born in “Cape de Verde Islands.”   This... Read More