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Jonas Mohammed Bath (died September 1838) was a community and religious leader during the nineteenth century in Trinidad.Born in West Africa, he was enslaved and transported to Trinidad in 1804 or 1805.
Trinidad and Tobago achieved full independence via the Trinidad and Tobago Independence Act 1962 on 31 August 1962 within the Commonwealth with Queen Elizabeth II as its titular head of state. On 1 August 1976, the country became a republic, and the last Governor-General , Sir Ellis Clarke , became the first President.
Muhammad al-Fadl, Sultan (c.1801–1838) Muhammad al-Husayn, Sultan (1838–1873) ... Juan Pablo Duarte, Central Government Board ... Trinidad and Tobago. Colonial ...
Edward Lanza Joseph (c. 1792 – 1838) was a Trinidadian journalist, playwright and author. He was one of the first English-language poets in British Trinidad, also writing in Trinidadian Creole. He briefly served as editor of the Port of Spain Gazette and published one of the first books on the history of Trinidad.
The Marshal of the Island of Trinidad was an official of the British colonial government on Trinidad. The marshal was appointed by the British monarch but subordinate to the governor. The position was created by Ordnance No. 1 - 1838, to carry out the duties previously undertaken by the alguacil mayor of the island. [1]
18th century in Trinidad and Tobago, during its colonial Spanish West Indies period. Located in the southern Caribbean region, off the northeast coast of North America.
With the formation of the West Indies Federation in 1958, the Williams administration acquired more direct policy control over Trinidad and Tobago. [3]: 202–233 In 1958, a Department of Tobago Affairs was created, headed by a permanent secretary. In 1962, Trinidad and Tobago became an independent nation.
Emilie Maresse-Paul (1838–1900) was a Trinidadian intellectual and writer of the 19th century. One of the only examples of nineteenth-century women intellectuals in the British West Indies, she wrote about secular education and was staunchly anti-clerical. Believing in reason, she championed equality before the law and discounted prejudices ...