Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Hawaii Migration: Was their opposition in Portugal to contract laborers?

2016-11-19 Thread 'John Raposo' via Azores Genealogy
Good morning from Massachusetts! You have stumbled on a very important factor: in the 19th century the Azores were overpopulated. The islands had more moths to feed than could be managed. There was not the means for the peasants to support their families. Mal nourishment (a diet primarily of bre

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Hawaii Migration: Was their opposition in Portugal to contract laborers?

2016-11-18 Thread IslandRoutes
Thank you all for your responses. Another researcher found some information that is pertinent to this discussion. I'm still mulling it over. There is another newspaper article that he found dated after the one that I noted. I don't have the link handy at this moment. This article is written