Dr Rita Pemberton
THE YEAR 1876 was an important year for Tobago because of two significant events within weeks of each other which had implications for the island’s constitution.
On April 17, in Barbados, a major riot, which embroiled all the parishes on the island and threatened the capital, broke out, and on May 1 the Belmanna War occurred in Tobago.
In both instances discontent, stimulated by poor living conditions, low wages, unemployment …
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