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==Immigration into Trinidad and Tobago== | ==Immigration into Trinidad and Tobago== | ||
*The '''island of Trinidad''' was inhabited for centuries by native Amerindian peoples before becoming a colony in the '''Spanish Empire'''. | |||
*Spain surrendered the island to the '''British''' in 1797. | |||
*During the same period, the '''island of Tobago changed hands among Spanish, British, French, Dutch and Courlander colonists''' more times than any other island in the Caribbean. | |||
*Trinidad and Tobago were ceded to Britain in 1802 under the Treaty of Amiens as separate states and unified in 1889. Trinidad and Tobago obtained independence in 1962, becoming a republic in 1976. | |||
==Emigration From Trinidad and Tobago== | ==Emigration From Trinidad and Tobago== | ||
==Records of Emigrants in Their Destination Nations== | ==Records of Emigrants in Their Destination Nations== | ||