Barbadian Brazilians
Ethnic group
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Barbadian Brazilians (Portuguese: Barbadiano-brasileiro) or Bajans, refers to Brazilian people of full, partial or predominantly Barbadian ancestry, or Barbadian-born people residing in Brazil.
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 5,000[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Porto Velho · Manaus · Belém[citation needed] | |
| Languages | |
| Portuguese · Bajan Creole[citation needed] | |
| Religion | |
| Major Roman Catholics Animists · Protestants[citation needed] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Barbadian British · Barbadian Canadians |
At the beginning of the 20th century, many Barbadians worked in the Amazonas region, Pará and Rondônia.[2][3] There had been a mass exodus from the Caribbean in order to take part in the rubber boom, and the poor socio-economic conditions in Barbados at the time made Brazil an enticing place to search for a better life. In 1911 Roger Casement who was a British consular official at the time undertook a special investigation of the condition of Barbadian workers in the Putomayo Valley then part of Peru traveling to that region by going up the Amazon. [4] The Barbadian presence is still evidenced through some surnames of British origin found in Brazil, such as Alleyne, Mottley, Maloney, Depeiza, Blackman and Layne.[3]
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