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After 1763 Tobago was converted to a plantation economy by British settlers and enslaved Africans. Tobago came under French control in 1781 during the Anglo-French War, returned to British control in 1793 during the War of the First Coalition, but was returned to France in 1802. The island was recaptured by the British in 1803, and remained ...
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Henry Iles Woodcock was Chief Justice of Tobago [1] ... until 1867. [3] Iles wrote a history of Tobago, published in 1867. ... Wikipedia® is a registered trademark ...
The history of Trinidad and Tobago begins with the settlements of the islands by Indigenous First Peoples. Trinidad was visited by Christopher Columbus on his third voyage in 1498, (he never landed in Tobago), and claimed in the name of Spain. Trinidad was administered by Spanish hands until 1797, but it was largely settled by French colonists.
Tobago was named Belaforme by Christopher Columbus "because from a distance it seemed beautiful". The Spanish friar Antonio Vázquez de Espinosa wrote that the Kalina (mainland Caribs) called the island Urupina because of its resemblance to a big snail, [4]: 84–85 while the Kalinago (Island Caribs) called it Aloubaéra, supposedly because it resembled the alloüebéra, a giant snake which ...
Ferguson purchased land in Tobago himself in 1778 and later, after he inherited the Castara estate on Patrick's death, he became one of the most important landowners on the island. [4] An exceptional income was made from the sugar plantation and a large workforce of slaves was used. [6] [7]
Basdeo Panday (pronounced [bɑːsəd̪eːoː pɑːⁿɖeː]; 25 May 1933 – 1 January 2024) was a Trinidadian and Tobagonian statesman, lawyer, politician, trade unionist, economist, and actor who served as the fifth Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago from 1995 to 2001.
History of the People of Trinidad and Tobago, 1964; British Historians and the West Indies, 1964; The Negro In The Caribbean, 1970; Inward Hunger: The Education of a Prime Minister, 1971; From Columbus to Castro: The History of the Caribbean 1492–1969, 1971; Forged from the Love of Liberty: Selected Speeches of Dr. Eric Williams, 1981