Cape Verde Islands
regionReal-world: Cape Verde Islands
The islands whose Brava Portuguese, with West Indians, formed a sprinkling among Legrasse's prisoners and gave a coloring of voodooism to the heterogeneous cult.
The Cape Verde Islands enter the record through Legrasse's prisoners: most were seamen, and a sprinkling of negroes and mulattoes — largely West Indians or Brava Portuguese from the Cape Verde Islands — gave a coloring of voodooism to the heterogeneous cult.
The islands thus mark one of the far-flung origins from which the swamp worship drew its membership.
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Every fact above traces back to the text.
“Most were seamen, and a sprinkling of negroes and mulattoes, largely West Indians or Brava Portuguese from the Cape Verde Islands, gave a coloring of voodooism to the heterogeneous cult.”
The Call of Cthulhu (1928) — Chapter 2, The Tale of Inspector Legrasse