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Rum, sailors, soldiers and the enslaved in Tobago - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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Rum, sailors, soldiers and the enslaved in Tobago - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
DR RITA PEMBERTON FOR Tobago’s plantocracy, the start of the 19th century was the harbinger of doom. Despite the administration’s best efforts, the island was retaken by the French in 1802, which inflicted a serious blow to the sugar industry and its ability to recover properly from the previous occupation of 1781. Also, planters had to face their worst nightmare. The anti-slavery movement was gaining support in Britain, both in and out of Parli…
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