The Isle of May welcomes the Gumshoe Historians

Cast off!

Cape Cod’s Gumshoe Historians are off at last, crossing the Atlantic. Next stop, the African archipelago of Cape Verde. The Columbia Expedition stopped here in November 1787, anchoring at the tiny island of Isle of May (Maio) at Porto Ingles.

The village on “English Roads” is a former slave entrepôt still bears the marks of human trafficking from centuries ago. So why did Captain Kendrick choose this barren little island to bring Columbia and Washington to? And why stay here for a week when the capital of the islands, Praia, lay just across the channel?

Hit and Run History finds some answers. And a ton of sunshine, sandy beaches and a friendly faces.

Locations: Logan Airport, Boston; Praia and Port Ingles, Maio, Cape Verde.

Interviews: Joshua M. Smith, AlanMcClennen, Jr.

This program is funded in part by Mass Humanities, which receives support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and is an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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