José Evaristo de Almeida

José Evaristo de Almeida was a Portuguese from the mainland whose birth and death are both unknown. A clerk and official of the colonial finances, he was appointed to the administration of Cape Verde on 1 July 1844 and, four years later, elected deputy for the archipelago to the Cortes in Lisbon. He founded a family and left descendants in Brava. Transferred to Guinea, he died there with his wife. Besides his novel, two poems and a fragment are known by him, which went unread.

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• NovelO escravoJosé Evaristo de Almeida · 1856not translated into EnglishLiterature