Trinidad colonial administration

Order in Council establishes Trinidad’s compulsory slave registry

📅 26 March 1812

On 26 March 1812, an Order in Council established compulsory registration of enslaved people in Trinidad, the first such registry in the British West Indies. Plantation owners had to report enslaved...

Parliament examines Trinidad’s “amelioration” regime

📅 16 March 1824

On 16 March 1824, the House of Commons considered papers on efforts to “ameliorate” conditions for enslaved people in the West Indies, including Trinidad’s Protector and Guardian of Slaves. The...