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In the Colony of Trinidad and Tobago, as in other Caribbean slave colonies, an attempt was made to delay the full abolition of slavery in 1833. The first announcement from Whitehall in England that slaves would be totally freed by 1840 was made in 1833.
Afro–Trinidadians and Tobagonians. Afro-Trinidadians and Tobagonians (or just Afro-Trinbagonians) are people from Trinidad and Tobago who are of Sub-Saharan African descent, mostly from West Africa. Social interpretations of race in Trinidad and Tobago are often used to dictate who is of West African descent. Mulatto - Creole, Dougla, Blasian ...
African Americans. The Merikins or Merikens[1][2] were formerly enslaved African Americans who gained freedom, enlisted in the Corps of Colonial Marines, and fought for the British against the United States in the War of 1812. After their service in Bermuda, they established a community in the south of Trinidad between 1815–1816.
French Institution of Slavery. In the mid-16th century, slaves were trafficked from Africa to the Caribbean by Europeans. Originally, white European indentured servants worked alongside enslaved Africans in the Americas. [2] Francois Bernier, who is considered to have presented the first modern concept of race, published his work “A New ...
William Hardin Burnley. William Hardin Burnley (21 April 1780 – 29 December 1850) [1] was an American-born British-Trinidadian planter who was the largest slave-owner in Trinidad in the nineteenth century. [2][3][1][4] Born in New York City, he was the son of Hardin Burnley (1741–1823) and his wife, Catherine, née Maitland (1752/3–1827).
Eric Eustace Williams TC CH (25 September 1911 – 29 March 1981) was a Trinidad and Tobago politician. [6] He has been described as the "Father of the Nation", [1][2][3][4][5] having led the then British Colony of Trinidad and Tobago to majority rule on 28 October 1956, to independence on 31 August 1962, and republic status on 1 August 1976 ...
Capitalism and Slavery is the published version of the doctoral dissertation of Eric Williams, who was the first Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago in 1962. It advances a number of theses on the impact of economic factors on the decline of slavery, specifically the Atlantic slave trade and slavery in the British West Indies, from the second half of the 18th century.
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. He was able to purchase his freedom, and went on to be leader of the Mandingo population in Trinidad and was described as "chief priest and ...