Ralph Abercromby

British forces capture Trinidad from Spain

📅 18 February 1797

On 18 February 1797, British forces captured Trinidad after Spanish Governor José María Chacón capitulated at Valsayn. The change of imperial ruler did not free the people held in slavery or dismantle...

British assault defeats the remaining rebel forces

📅 19 June 1796

British forces captured the remaining rebel strongholds and ended open hostilities in Fédon’s Rebellion. Enslaved and free rebels faced death, capture, execution, or deportation in the repression that...