Foreign News June 9, 1832

The Liberator

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Fogo Island, Starvation, Crop Failure, Drought, Cape De Verds

Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

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What is this article about?

Letter from American Consul at Villa de Praya, St Jago, Cape de Verds, dated April 29th, reports that 12,000 inhabitants of nearby Fogo island are on the verge of starvation due to crop failure from a year without rain. Fifteen die daily; provisions insufficient for a week, with Portuguese government unable to aid.

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A Starving People.—A letter has been received from the American Consul at Villa de Praya, St Jago, Cape de Verds, dated April 29th, giving information that the inhabitants of Fogo, an island in the neighborhood, containing 12000 people, were on the verge of starvation; that fifteen die daily, and that the survivors were so weak and emaciated as hardly to be able to bury their dead. Every thing in the shape of a crop had entirely failed, owing to the absence of rain for a whole year. The provisions on the island would not suffice for a week's sustenance; all that was carried there came from St Jago, which was poorly able to supply it. The Portuguese government was too wretched to afford any present aid.

What sub-type of article is it?

Disaster

What keywords are associated?

Fogo Island Starvation Crop Failure Drought Cape De Verds

Where did it happen?

Fogo

Foreign News Details

Primary Location

Fogo

Event Date

April 29th

Outcome

fifteen die daily; provisions would not suffice for a week's sustenance

Event Details

Inhabitants of Fogo island, containing 12000 people, were on the verge of starvation due to complete crop failure from absence of rain for a whole year. Survivors weak and emaciated, hardly able to bury their dead. Provisions from St Jago insufficient; Portuguese government unable to provide aid.