Brewster ship captains sailing large trading vessels would stop at the Cape Verde archipelago in the central Atlantic Ocean to restock supplies. Cape Verdean men sometimes joined early trading ships as crew.
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The c. 1890s game of Jackstraws is similar to today’s game of pick-up-sticks. Wooden “straws” shaped like farming implements are spread onto a table and players try to remove them one-by-one without disturbing the other straws. In addition to the jackstraws there is a “helper” piece with a hooked edge to help move the sticks about. Each stick has a point value (penciled onto it), one stick having faces on it; perhaps the most coveted one, for it indicates a point value of “50.” At game’s end, the player with the highest point tally wins.
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