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Spanish Trinidad

A neglected island transformed overnight by the immigration decree of 1783.

Captured by Abercromby's British force in February 1797; formally ceded in 1802.

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Further reading

• A History of Modern Trinidad, 1783–1962 Bridget Brereton · 1981

  Opens with the 1783 cédula de población that transformed neglected Spanish Trinidad on the eve of British conquest.

• Empire's Crossroads: A History of the Caribbean Carrie Gibson · 2014

  Broad Caribbean context for late Spanish Trinidad (not Trinidad-specific).

Sources

• History of Trinidad and Tobago — Wikipedia