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This page has links to the Madeiran roots and history of the exodus

Exodus to Angola in 1884

Read the great story of the Madeiran trek of 1884 (in)to Angola by Fernando Rodrigues da Costa

Health study of Madeiran diaspora to Angola in 1884, by Cristina Bastos (pdf, 126kb)

Angola map ca. 1900 before the Benguela railway construction

Angola map 1912 showing Benguela railway

Rodrigues family tree, Madeira & Angola

A história da fundação do Lubango

Boers in Southern Angola

 

Exodus to the west, 1850's

Religious persecution during the 19th century on Madeira, by Rev. WM Blackburn (pdf, 655kb)

Madeiran Exile to Jacksonville, Illinois, in the 1850's, by A. deFrates

Articles/Research Related to the 1850 Madeira Exiles

Apostle to Madeira, by M.P. Testa (.rtf format)

Religious Persecution a Hoax?