Theophilus Manuel Freitas, Valentim Fermino, Jayme Fortes, Joao Monteiro, Felipe (Philip) Gomes and many others. The lives of Cape Verdean whalers were celebrated in a special edition of The Chat Wednesday, remembered by family members as heroic figures. 

The Chat host Jack Spillane was joined by Dawn Blake Souza, Akeia de Barros Gomes, Regina Gomes-Lopes, Eugene Monteiro and Jim Lopes, proud descendants of these whalers and their families, to tell their stories.

Watch The Chat here in its entirety.

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