Africans were brought to Trinidad as a part of the Atlantic Slave trade. First slaves were brought around 1517 and slavery was abolished in 1834, and most of the Africans in Trinidad came during this period.
the africans came to trinidad in 1606, four hundred and seventy (470) enslaved Africans were brought to Trinidad by Dutch slaver Isaac Duverne. This was the first recorded instance of enslaved Africans being brought to the island.
