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Reflections on Heritage at 60

Reflections on Heritage at 60

By: Karishma Nanhu, Heritage Preservation and Research Officer, National Trust of Trinidad and Tobago Summary: As Trinidad and Tobago celebrates 60 years of independence, this article takes a look at the status of heritage preservation today. While there are numerous...

Archaeology in T&T: Then and Now

Archaeology in T&T: Then and Now

  Figure 1 Left: Excavations at St Joseph conducted by Irving Rouse c1950, Right Above: The Red House Excavations led by Basil A. Reid 2013, Right Center: Human Remains found at Banwari Trace Archaeological Site, Right Below: Underwater Excavations at Rockley Bay...

Heritage Lost: Greyfriars Church of Scotland

Heritage Lost: Greyfriars Church of Scotland

On the 1st August 1985, to commemorate the abolition of slavery, the Government of Trinidad and Tobago declared Emancipation Day a national holiday. On this Emancipation Day, we take a brief look into one of the important sites for the Anti-Slavery movement in...

Freed Africans Post Emancipation

Freed Africans Post Emancipation

Activities of the Freed Africans in the Post-Emancipation Period (Part 2) Growth of the Peasantry The post-emancipation period saw the rise of the peasantry in the Caribbean. Farming and trade were business opportunities for formerly enslaved people. In Trinidad, the...

Emancipation: A stifled or rapid exit?

Emancipation: A stifled or rapid exit?

Activities of the Freed Africans in the Post-Emancipation Period. (Part 1) Emancipation: A stifled or rapid exit? The Emancipation Bill passed in British parliament in 1833, brought the end of slavery in 1834. However, a new system of slavery commenced. The...

Tubal Uriah “Buzz” Butler: Man of the People

Tubal Uriah “Buzz” Butler: Man of the People

Notwithstanding a bounty of $500 on his head, a strikingly large sum in 1937, Tubal Uriah “Buzz” Butler had successfully dodged capture by the colonial authorities.[i] Neither low wages, unemployment,  nor a contracting economy aggravated by the global Economic...

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