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A Jewish cemetery with the graves of the Ben'Oliel family and the daughter of Charles Pettingall, Julia Maria Pettingall. It is located near Praia de Cabral. Pettingall was an English diplomat who, along with his family fled Boa Vista during a yellow fever plague in the 1840s. They returned five years later believing the plague was over;sadly he was wrong and his daughter perished.

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Title
Cemetery near Praia de Cabral
Creator
Baxter, David
Date
1985
Other Identifiers
Local: MSS-0079-b10-f09-037
Keyword
cemetery ; tomb ; yellow fever ; Pettingall ; Ben'Oliel
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In
David Baxter papers: Cape Verde photographs
Note
http://www.boavistaexperience.phpbbweb.com/boavistaexperience-post-393.html Retrieved 25 February 2013 Irwin, Aisling and Wilson, Colum. Cape Verde Islands: The Brandt Travel Guide. (Guilford, 2001) pp. 108
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