A Portuguese Guyanese is a Guyanese whose ancestors came from Portugal or a Portuguese who has Guyanese citizenship. Around 1,910 people identified as Portuguese Guyanese according to the 2012 census [1]

Jun 2, 2013 · In 1861 Sacred Heart Church was built for the Portuguese and by the Portuguese. Other churches rose all over the country, along the East Coast and East Bank Demerara and in Essequibo.

May 5, 2012 · In late 1834, a small group of Portuguese recruited from the impoverished Portuguese-owned island of Madeira arrived in Guyana to work on a sugar plantation in Demerara. Background.

Nov 22, 2014 · The Portuguese of Guyana: A Study in Culture and Conflict draws a fascinating social portrait of the indentured labourers who began migrating from the island of Madeira to British Guiana, shortly after the 1834 Abolition of Slavery Act had come into effect.

Jan 31, 2025 · The Portuguese came to Guyana primarily as indentured laborers after the abolition of slavery, filling the labor gaps in the plantation economy. After their contracts ended, they often transitioned to small business ventures.

May 4, 2019 · The Portuguese were the fourth of Guyana’s six races to arrive in the country, following the Amerindians, the Europeans and the Africans. Like the Indians, the Portuguese were brought to Guyana as indentured immigrants in the 1800s, majority of them coming from the Island of Madeira.

Sep 7, 2012 · On May 3, 1835, the first Portuguese landed in what was then British Guiana. In commemoration of that event, Sister Mary Noel Menezes looks at the early Portuguese, and the skills they brought with them from Madeira.

The Portuguese made a great contribution to the economic development of Guyana. They accounted for a significant part of the growing merchant class, and become interlayer British expatriates and colored population.

Monday, May 3, marked the 169th anniversary of the arrival of the first Portuguese as indentured immigrants in British Guiana. Today we publish an article by Prof M N Menezes, RSM, on the Portuguese and the faith they brought with them.

Jul 13, 2024 · The Portuguese came to Guyana as indentured laborers to make up for the exodus of former slaves who left the sugar plantations upon emancipation. The first groups arrived in 1835 until 1882, with most having arrived by the 1860s.