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*In 1777, Spain granted a "Cédula de Población", opening Trinidad for French immigration. It granted free land and tax exemption for 10 years to Roman Catholic foreign settlers who were willing to swear allegiance to the King of Spain. The Spanish also gave many incentives to lure settlers to the island, including exemption from taxes for ten years and land grants. | *In 1777, Spain granted a "Cédula de Población", opening Trinidad for French immigration. It granted free land and tax exemption for 10 years to Roman Catholic foreign settlers who were willing to swear allegiance to the King of Spain. The Spanish also gave many incentives to lure settlers to the island, including exemption from taxes for ten years and land grants. | ||
*During the French Revolution, '''French planters''' with their '''slaves, free coloureds and mulattos from the neighbouring islands of Martinique, Saint Lucia, Grenada, Guadeloupe and Dominica''' migrated to Trinidad, where they established an agriculture-based economy (sugar and cocoa). | *During the French Revolution, '''French planters''' with their '''slaves, free coloureds and mulattos from the neighbouring islands of Martinique, Saint Lucia, Grenada, Guadeloupe and Dominica''' migrated to Trinidad, where they established an agriculture-based economy (sugar and cocoa). | ||
*As a result, Trinidad's population jumped to over 15,000 by the end of 1789, and by 1797 the population of Port of Spain had increased from under 3,000 to 10,422 in just five years, with '''a varied population of mixed race individuals, Spaniards, Africans, French republican soldiers, retired pirates and French nobility.'''<ref name="main"/> | *As a result, Trinidad's population jumped to over 15,000 by the end of 1789, and by 1797 the population of Port of Spain had increased from under 3,000 to 10,422 in just five years, with '''a varied population of mixed race individuals, Spaniards, Africans, French republican soldiers, retired pirates and French nobility.''' | ||
*British rule was formalized in 1802. British rule led to an '''influx of settlers from the United Kingdom and the British colonies of the Eastern Caribbean'''. '''English, Scots, Irish, German and Italian''' families arrived, as well as '''some free blacks known as "Merikins" who had fought for Britain in the War of 1812 and were granted land in southern Trinidad'''. | |||
*Under British rule, new states were created and the '''importation of slaves increased'''. | |||
*In 1838, Trinidad had only 17,439 slaves, with 80% of slave owners having enslaved fewer than 10 people each. | |||
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==Emigration From Trinidad and Tobago== | ==Emigration From Trinidad and Tobago== | ||