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Enslaved people flee plantations together during a Christmas-season escape
đź“… 26 December 1808On 26 December 1808, groups of enslaved people from Salvador and the RecĂ´ncavo left plantations and rural estates together, seeking refuge in the forests and quilombos. The collective escape...
Troops stop the RecĂ´ncavo fugitives near Paripe
📅 6 January 1809On 6 January 1809, troops under Captain Joaquim José dos Passos blocked a group of fugitives near Paripe, outside Salvador. A large escape had expanded through the Recôncavo, and some 140 people...
Arrest of Jumpa Raygaroo sparks confrontation at Alliance
đź“… 29 June 1902On 29 June 1902, officials arrested Jumpa Raygaroo after workers had returned to Alliance from their protest. Fellow workers demanded his release, and a confrontation escalated around the official...
Sugar workers protest unemployment at Couva
📅 6 July 1934On 6 July 1934, about 800 workers from Brechin Castle and Esperanza estates demonstrated outside the warden’s office at Couva, protesting lack of work. Contemporary grievances included unemployment,...
Police block a planned march linking sugar workers and the unemployed
đź“… 20 July 1934A hunger march planned for 20 July 1934 was intended to bring sugar workers from Caroni to Port of Spain, joining Indo-Trinidadian sugar workers with Afro-Trinidadian unemployed people organized by...
Oilfield strikes spread across Trinidad
đź“… 21 June 1937On 21 June 1937, strikes and unrest spread from the southern oilfields to Point Fortin, San Fernando, Penal, Ste Madeleine, Waterloo, Woodford Lodge, Port of Spain, Rio Claro and other districts....
Frome workers challenge wages during factory construction
📅 29 April 1938On 29 April 1938, a disturbance occurred during weekly wage payment at the West Indies Sugar Company’s Frome Estate in Westmoreland. Workers had been waiting for employment at the new factory, while...