History of Migration - Trinidad Timeline - Tobago Timeline - Emigration from T&T Ethnic Groups Africans - The Slave Trade - Free Colored - West African Workers - Liberated Slaves - African Repatriation Americans - Canadians - Panama Canal Zone - Venezuelans - War of 1812 Veterans - WW II Service men - West Indians Asians - Chinese - East Indians - Lebanese & Syrians Europeans - Corsicans - Courlanders - Dutch - English - French - Germans - Irish - Jews - Portuguese - Scots - Spanish

Europe After Columbus' voyages to the New World, European countries looked to the West Indies as the gateway to America. Many different countries established footholds in the area, engaged in trade and waged war. Although Trinidad and Tobago were developed later than other islands, such as Barbados and Cuba, many different nationalities had an impact on them. The most significant of those people were the: Corsicans Courlanders Dutch English European Jews French Germans Irish Portuguese Scots Spanish