Most Goans are well aware of the outflow of many thousands of fellow Goans,
over a long period, seeking economic betterment outside Goa. But did the
outflow include many from those families which owned large tracks of land
and controlled substantial resources accruing from such ownership? I should
like to suggest that such 'landed gentry' had no impetus to leave Goa, apart
from a few adventurous souls. Their prime concern was to stay in Goa, or
reasonably close, to safeguard their extensive properties for their progeny.
Indeed, I have come across some reading about how wealthy families took
great pains to consolidate property by ensuring that some sons and daughters
were directed into the Church as priests and nuns and others simply did not
marry so that land did not get fragmented.
I am quite curious to discover how such a land ownership/consolidation
process operated among the wealthy landed class in Goa.
I hope we can discuss this issue without making it personal in any way
please.
Cornel
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