Trinidad is the southernmost island of the Lesser Antilles. It was discovered in 1498 by Columbus but remained an underdeveloped Spanish colony until the late eighteenth century when there was large scale migration of French plantation owners and their slaves from the region. The island was subsequently claimed by the British who imported indentured laborers from throughout the Commonwealth and governed the island until independence in 1962.
by Mark Raymond
Attached file to this document : Modern Trinidad Outlined and the Works of Colin Laird and Anthony Lewis