hi Paul,
I've seen the word "pretto" [preto, black] used in a record dating to about
1800. It was a marriage record and stated "ambos pretto", so both bride and
groom were so identified. I believe I recall seeing the phrase "homme pretto"
somewhere too.
hope that helps,
Linda
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I've been doing some research on the Portuguese slave trade. My reason for
doing so is because I took a big interest in this as every time I've gone
to either the USA or the Carribean I'm always asked if I'm mixed.
The first time I was asked this question was over 20 years ago in Jamaica
and I was
Hello John, did you find documentation on the country of origin of the
three documented slave ancestors and also which island and freguesia are
those ancestors from if you don't mind I have an interest in the topic.
On Saturday, September 24, 2016 at 9:38:07 AM UTC-7, John Raposo wrote:
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From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Paul
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2016 10:35 AM
To: Azores Genealogy
Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Portuguese-African ancestry
According to both FTDNA and 23andMe I have some African DNA in my
escravo (a) de...slave of The Portuguese were the leading traders in the
slave trade and Azorean and Madeirans owned slaves, though never in great
numbers. I have 3 documented slave ancestors in my Azorean lineage.
John Miranda Raposo
On Saturday, September 24, 2016 10:35 AM, Paul
A good chunk of people in the Azores project show traces of African (FTDNA
rounds their numbers). With the 1%, 2%, 3% we don't know if that is what
they call "noise" and isn't a clear reading or if it is beyond a genealogy
time frame. It's hard to tell.
If anyone in the records had a slave, it wou
According to both FTDNA and 23andMe I have some African DNA in my family.
FTDNA has my total at 2% African, while the 23andMe total is 1.5% Sub
Saharan African. I have no idea if this is from my paternal or maternal
side of my family. My paternal great grandparents were from the Azores
(Silva-d
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