Category: History Articles, Trinidad and Tobago

Asians The Lebanese and Syrians In the early 1900’s, Maronite Christians in the British colony of greater Syria began to

The Corsicans Corsica, a Mediterranean island, went through some significant political upheavals in the 18th century. After coming under the

Asians The Chinese Although some Chinese emigrated to Trinidad as early as 1806, significant Chinese emigration to Trinidad occured mainly

Asians The East Indians By 1844, it became apparent that efforts to replace emancipated slave labor with Portuguese, Chinese, or

The French On the 24th of November, 1783, the King of Spain signed The Royal Cedula of Population. This decree

The English In the Spanish period, several English and Irish familes had settled in Trinidad. Some of them were Catholic,

The Portuguese The Portuguese immigrants to Trinidad were the first to come to the West Indies and were drawn from

Comings & Goings Our ancestors came to Trinidad and Tobago from many different places, and in a wide variety of

Trinidad Trinidad, prior to Columbus’ landing, was populated by Amerindians who lived in a largely agrarian society. It is believed