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Brief History

Initially, the island of Trinidad was

occupied by the Ingredi which was apart of

the Arawak people who were peace-loving

and farmers and the Caribs who were

hunter-gatherers and quite fierce.

Christopher Columbus was already

on his third expedition, on July 31, 1498, he

ended up on the coasts of Trinidad. Not

long after, the island was colonized by

Spain and within the year of 1532, the

colony had designated someone one to

govern the country. This was a time when

slave trade was abundant while the

Indigenous people of the island were either

overworked or banished from their

homeland, Africans were transported to

Trinidad.