Caribbean Colonial Statistics from the British Empire, 1824-1950 - Volumes
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Tortola, 1839-1842
Tortola would, in all likelihood, have been settled by Amerindians prior to the arrival of Christopher Columbus. It was settled by Dutch pirates in 1648, then taken by British planters in 1666, before its incorporation into the British Leeward Islands in 1672. Slaves were introduced to Tortola to work on the sugar plantations there. Slaves on Tortola did rebel, but rebellions were crushed. Tortolian slaves were freed in the year... Read more →
Trinidad, 1873-1901
Trinidad was colonized by the Spanish in 1532, taken by the British in 1797 and officially ceded to the British under a treaty with Spain in 1802. Enslaved labourers in Trinidad were legally freed in 1834, although subject to terms of apprenticeship until 1838. Indian indentured labourers worked the plantations from the 1840s. Read more →
Trinidad and Tobago, 1889-1938
Tobago was first amalgamated with Trinidad, to form one colony, in 1889. Trinidad and Tobago then gained universal suffrage in 1945. Dr. Eric Williams formed the People's National Movement in 1956, having written his PHD Thesis on The Economic Aspect of the West Indian Slave Trade and Slavery. Trinidad and Tobago joined the British-sponsored West Indies Federation in 1958; however, it only stayed until it gained independence in 1962. Upon... Read more →
Turks and Caicos Islands, 1878-1891
The Turks Islands are believed to have been settled by Amerindians since at least 900 AD, they were then discovered by Christopher Columbus and his crew in approximately 1492. Within 20 years of the Spaniards' arrival, the local population had been eradicated by a combination of slavery and disease. Bermudan 'wrackers' first visited the Turks Islands to rake salt between 1660 and 1730, signaling the start of the local salt... Read more →
