Why are Indians living in Trinidad & Tobago?

[@LilauteeMack]

My great grandfather came to Trinidad in 1885 he work on the plantation and was given a stamped document stating that he worked here today I still have that proof

[@62121121]

My great grandmother was born in lucknow and came to trinidad with her parents in 1911 still live on the remnants of the cedar hill estate

[@jendersonmohammed443]

Some of my ancestors came from India

[@lincolndipnarinesingh3035]

I am Trinidadian of Indian heritage, I live in the US since 1981 I love Trinidad 🇹🇹 if they had better benefits I would have moved back to T&T, I don't care about badjohn, let me tell you something Trinidad is ONE of the best country in the world, I am 73 years old

[@sharmilasoomair568]

@@lincolndipnarinesingh3035 If Trinidad is one of the best countries in the world and you say that you love Trinidad, then why did you migrate to the US? I never said that you cannot visit foreign countries, you can but come back home after. You love your adopted country and not Trinidad. You only like the beaches, food and visiting relatives. You don't like Trinidad because you would have nevet left.

[@LaurelMascall-j1y]

@@lincolndipnarinesingh3035 A dollar is a dollar in America but more in Trinidad

[@mobmeansmobmobmeansmob2125]

Bless you and your family,I grew up in St Joseph.. and we are all Trini,Indian/Afto no matter 🇹🇹😊

[@neilgary3471]

​@@LaurelMascall-j1yyou obviously don't understand how money and currencies work.

[@LaurelMascall-j1y]

@@neilgary3471 hu I work in the Government ministry so I knew monies we play in it daily min of finance so please

[@LaurelMascall-j1y]

I am a beautiful woman of African mixed I love my people Indians and Africans

[@Herakleides07]

Very beautiful channel, I enco urage you making more videos because your content is very interesting. When I think at Trinidians of Indian origin I can't but recall Imran Hosein, the great scholar of Islam.

[@SandraDavis-v1m]

Awesome account of our History, now I understand why the Indians hated the Blacks in the past. So glad we are all united now!!!!!!!

[@jussayin548]

Well done to the Indians on not forgetting their culture and religious beliefs to this day. They stood strong and never converted to the slave masters beliefs.

[@RM-yf2lu]

@@jussayin548 actually there has been state sponsored systematic attacks on hindu culture from the moment they arrived in trinidad which contunue yo this day. Hence the anti Indian sentiments you see in this comment section

[@ReginaIfill]

Only the black man the blueprint could not plenty forgot with the massa cruelty and the food.

[@nareshramesar6560]

​@@RM-yf2luEnt correct thanks again

[@kenrickseetaram1893]

Presbyterian indentured came as well. Christ is for all people not just for the Europeans

[@RM-yf2lu]

@@kenrickseetaram1893 yes, a statistically insignificant amount were already brainwashed before they were brought here.

[@LaurelMascall-j1y]

Question why is billions of Indians dark skin and has African features even the men from India has big curly Afro hair also wavy hair tell me

[@MirandaMadoo]

We are all prisoners here.

[@sheldonmanoo8864]

This is a very good overview

[@colleenhenry-bs6ij]

There are also Indians in Jamaica too and other countries as well

[@LaurelMascall-j1y]

@@colleenhenry-bs6ij Indian is just a name given

[@LaurelMascall-j1y]

@@colleenhenry-bs6ij All over the World like any other race

[@ff-mu6cc]

I like the A.I generated photos...

[@asookdeo411]

At that time there was no racial divide you are completely wrong on these statements I wish you would take this video down because in the beginning of your video the indigenous people to Trinidad and Tobago were the Caribs and Arawaks

[@LaurelMascall-j1y]

Correct

[@xs02jd21]

Your knowledge is not correct, the British government transported by the ship Lalla Rookh many labors also the the Dutch colony, the name is Suriname, it's a nabour country of Guyana.

[@carapo66]

Correction: The Spanish naval vessels were burnt by the Spanish chief commanding office Apodaca, who chose to burn his fleet rather than allow them to fall into British hands.

[@PatsyWilfred]

Nice to learn the rest of the history

[@asookdeo411]

I would love to know where you got your information because alot of inconsistency the Indians and Africans work together in the sugar Plantation it's video like that some people like you that promote racism in Trinidad and Tobago

[@LaurelMascall-j1y]

Well there was Africans on the Plantation right

[@LaurelMascall-j1y]

@@asookdeo411 please I was told by a man was African on the Plantation so don't make it look like Indians from India was there first No No Another elderly said his grand father father worked plantation also African man

[@asookdeo411]

@@LaurelMascall-j1y at no time I haven't made this about the Indians from India I believe the point I was trying to make is at that time there was no racial divide in your words "I was told by a man was African on the plantation" so therefore Man still alive my point is simply that at that time there was never any racial division between the Indians and the Africans anybody out there remember the Soca tune by black Stalin Caribbean man and the line that goes Caribbean man on the same ship Caribbean man on the same trip

[@asookdeo411]

@@LaurelMascall-j1y so really you're starting to piss me off and I'm really want to tell you to fuck off

[@LaurelMascall-j1y]

@@asookdeo411 ok sorry yes there was a peacefulness between both people they did United

[@KingWolf01-f8h]

The only Indians in T+T are the India High Commission, all Nationals Born in T+T are Trinidadians no Matter their Ethnic Heritage!

[@62121121]

People who came from india only died like a decade or 2 ago it's not that far

[@RM-yf2lu]

Get over your delusion. Thousands of us have indian citizenship

[@MonochromaticBlues]

😂 oh please you can find every type of Indian in Trinidad from rich to poor. I know I come from 2nd generation in Trinidad since the so called ‘indentured worker’ I’m now a 3rd generation Caribbean woman 🎉

[@MonochromaticBlues]

@@RM-yf2luoh really how?

[@RM-yf2lu]

@@MonochromaticBlues by proving that we descended from indian citizens

[@terrysookhoo2528]

My grate grand parents came on d boat

[@forward_ever_ever2595]

The Fatel Razack bro...ship's name

[@jeanandre6129]

I am impressed by your work

[@eddisonyoung8384]

I live in Trinidad. I would have loved to hear your take, but I stopped listening once I heard the A.I. voice.

[@rasheedenightoola5183]

Keep up the excellent work. Kudos to you.TRINIDAD

[@ChroniclesOfIndia]

Thank you! Will do!

[@LaurelMascall-j1y]

Who cause racism politics Unc Pnm Indians And Africans lived in Unity side by side how many years true

[@khankeshkhan1636]

Racism was on its way out in trinidad, but bad actors will do anything to divide us. It is unfortunate that there is a cultural divide along racial lines though, seeing as africans came from west africa and indians came from india, farely seperate. That just means people will never fully coexist if cultures demand to remain seperate, which they have a right to do and will do so until the end of time. In that way trinidad will never be fully united. Thats why people "vote along racial lines", its not actually racial lines, its just that the 2 dominant races came here with different cultures

[@gloriasponner654]

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS NEVER SET FOOT ON THE ISLAND OF TRINIDAD. WHETR DO THSES PEOPLE GET THEIR INFORMATION. BAD PRONOUCIATION,

[@RM-yf2lu]

Really now...Where do you get your information?

[@anthonyrock3847]

The voice is AI generated

[@carapo66]

That is correct. He suffered from gout and he spent most of the time down below deck. The vessel sailed on through the that Gulf of Paria past Tobago and northwards towards Grenada, which he named "Bella Forma" and "Concepcíon" respectively.

[@MyNatasha73]

That's a damn lie that not much is known about the native. There are still Carib and other indigenous descendants on islands like Trinidad, Dominica, St Vincent and in the Guianas. Stop it! In Trinidad and Tobago, we have learned extensively history of our original peoples.

[@LaurelMascall-j1y]

@@MyNatasha73 correct many Carib descendants in Trinidad Grenada petit martinique many people with straight or very hair is not Indian they will tell you they are mixed with African Indian Spanish or Carib even Arawaks please you all get real

[@lonalxaia]

Also there are still some in St Lucia especially in Choiseul.

[@LaurelMascall-j1y]

@@MyNatasha73so true I am Carib descendant far back peopleust know what they are saying and many people with straight hair is not Indian but Carib abstract,mixed with African and Spanish please they will tell you not Indiam

[@LaurelMascall-j1y]

@@MyNatasha73 I live in Trinidad petit Valley Leplait and Maraval other villages over me I am in a Valley where I live beautiful we are all mixed descendants of African ,Amerindian,Carib abstract,and cocopanol Spanish abstract,some look like Creole Chinese,Douglas,and many African men with .ixed wives with mixed children.Come on a Indian man and a African can my ake a full breed Douglar meaning straight hair meaning mother blood is strong also the child can have Curly hair or also more African trait meaning just a light texture hair please

[@LaurelMascall-j1y]

@@lonalxaia all over the world African ,Indian please please

[@danechristmas6570]

This was a good presentation. A lot of research went into it. I always suspected that Indentureship wasn't too far from slavery. After all, the same colonial masters were in charge and looking for cheap labor.. Would like to hear more of the experiences within the Indo Trini community during that era..

[@phantomrio5222]

Because they couldn't keep their backside in their homeland...when they were finished working, they refused to get back to their own place.

[@mariaalexander5894]

My grandmother father and mother came from India to Trinidad, then mave to Grenada 🇬🇩🇬🇩

[@carapo66]

Interesting, my next - door neighbour's Indian great - grandfather came from India to Grenada and emigrated to Trinidad. True story!

[@imacarguy4065]

Indo-Trinidadians have a dual identity which obviously drive some of our fellow Trinidadians angry. But they were happy to take what they wanted from our culture and claim it, right? Anyways, we are ethnically Indian and a lot of us are culturally Indian as well. We identify as Indian as well! Not brown or anything else. Indian. I don't see why its an issue with some Trinidadians! Its weird. Its also weird to deny that we haven't tried to preserve the culture. Evidently, we have.

[@imacarguy4065]

Most of Trinidad's cuisine is Indian. A lot of the musical influence come from Indian rhythms as well. Soca is literally influenced from both African and Indian music. Google it.

[@errolmorris4092]

So you were just born here and your heart and love is elsewhere? Do you have any idea what you would be if you lived in India today? Have you ever thought of it ? I am sure you are educated abd employed right? Should a woman marry for money yet love and live for her childhood sweetheart ?

[@amelapapan6625]

There are many East Indians living in Trinidad and Tobago. My ancestors came and worked very hard on the sugar cane plantations, cocoa and coffee estates. They continue to work and strive for excellence.

[@LaurelMascall-j1y]

@@imacarguy4065 sometimes I really wonder if these cultures did not came from Egypt with worshipping Idols which god forbid

[@LaurelMascall-j1y]

@@imacarguy4065 so now why are Billions of Indians dark skin and with wavy hair and the men with curly afros tell me now

[@pooransingh1882]

The British have the answers.

[@justinronaldabraham5700]

To learn something 😊

[@Joel-wm3kx]

Worst decision ever was indenturship all the other caribbean islands have a different atmosphere compared to those that want to have a silent caste system

[@sigmaroll9802]

PNM nationalists rife with comments

[@sandifordbeharry8224]

TRINIDAD was a Whiteman country. and the late Dr William bring to a black ⚫️ man country....NYC

[@judithjones1958]

Blame England for that.

[@sandifordbeharry8224]

@judithjones1958 DON'T Blame ENGLAND for Black's killing out black's in TRINIDAD.

[@lynneleeluckdowsing6654]

sandifordbeharry8224 :It is better to remain silent than wield lip or pen and let everyone know that you're a fool.White man, black man country. What idiocy! Trinidad is full of ingrates and liars. Migrate to Canada, speak ill of Trinidad, pool your resources and buy up everything.Try to be grateful, truthful, inclusive.

[@forward_ever_ever2595]

Lol

[@awesomeupdates2931]

better the whiteman did stay yes 😂

[@jewanc465]

Very informative. My grandparents came from India in the latter part of the 1800's but went on to be sold to masters in Guyana. I am sure lots of our relatives were let off in Trinidad, Jamaica and Suriname. Lots of the indians in the Caribbean came from Bihar/UP area. A few came from other places too. Bhogpuri music up to this day sounds very familiar to chutney music of Trinidad, Guyana and Suriname.

[@LaurelMascall-j1y]

Indians were Exploited and in slavery labourers without passed it side were jailed we're any of you there in the 1880 these indies chose to stay here Indioes and Africans the Indians were poor and could not XD o any thing 1880tes Indio African is here to stay they. Both were well establish with land both people especially the Africans yes .Africans did not want to stay with the unskilled Indians so a problem started. were you all there in the 1950tes please Indians had to carry a certificate as well.Africans got weary of The Indians and we're paid to police Indians who caused that we loved each other we are similar yes we follow each other culture and rat the same food me eep all you racism for all you self please please

[@LaurelMascall-j1y]

Right on funny people aren't there Black as they call people tribe in Asia and Australia check and see dark with kinky or curly or straight hair with with bigish nose straight nose big or small eyes,some brown or a bit lightish come on who made them Indians you all are African Iran Asian black people no matter what

[@DeviSingh-xl7ox]

The Indians stayed because it was dangerous to take the boat back to India my father grandfather did not come to Trinidad by choice he was kidnaped from the street

[@rashikagovindasamy8258]

I am from South Africa and my great grandfather was also kidnapped and put on the ship. He was 14 years old at the time

[@Rajsingh-ky9ky]

my great grandmother was 12yr old and was enjoying mela in india with her 2yr old brother they both ended up in fiji islands..imagine a 2yr old in the ocean for almost 3 to 4 months in a boat filled with people stacked like sardines .. . thanks the boy survived

[@nigeldalebisram]

Trinidad don't have much Indians... I'm only with less than less than 20% Indian... India is a diversified Society and 33 ethnicities came out of India during their diaspora... Most are Hebrew children that came out of India and also Ishmaelites... Arab-Indian Others were Aryans...

[@LaurelMascall-j1y]

@@nigeldalebisram Nonsense come and see thousands of Trinidad Indians and Afro trinis they marry each other they love each other the Indians in Trinidad love the Afro Trini men more than an Indian man the Afro Trinidadian men gives them lovely Douglar a children Nd our Trinidadian Indian menlove us Afro trinis women we make straight and a curly hair Children vex or die you

[@LaurelMascall-j1y]

@@nigeldalebisram the Arabs before were never white and show a pure breed 100 percent Hebrews now that was back then .our Country is blessed Ok

[@nigeldalebisram]

​@@LaurelMascall-j1y The Hebrew tribe of Judah and Benjamin's are loaded with Canaanite genetics from Africa and Asia also Europe into the Americas and can't enter Heaven...! Some Arabs are mixed... Not all... My black Arab family are mixed and also my black Indian ancestors... My white India ancestors are from Semitic DNA and also Caucasian DNA... I'm a black and white Hebrew child and my complexion changes from black into white without living in a temperate deciduous climate... And people all over Trinidad and Tobago is aware how my complexion changes

[@LaurelMascall-j1y]

@@nigeldalebisram There is no such thing as white and by the way is your mom a do called pure white From England like queen Elizabeth and your pop like king Charles please you are coloured race

[@nigeldalebisram]

​​@@LaurelMascall-j1y White is Semitic... Not Caucasian... Semitic people complexion will changed from brown into white in hot climatic conditions... UK... Royal Family's are Caananites and they're red people... Caananites hair texture and structure, skin and eye color varies... I'm mixed with Aryan... Caananites can't enter Heaven and go and check your DNA... YOU need to be wise?

[@KaierieOrganics]

That is his story not our story , get the truth before you publish lies

[@62121121]

Where is the lies?

[@asookdeo411]

You are absolutely correct this is not our story this is not where we came from this is not the history of Trinidad and Tobago

[@SelfieKumarJi]

Indentured and exploited।

[@LaurelMascall-j1y]

Africans were Exploited also and we're robbed of their wealth

[@LaurelMascall-j1y]

People 10:33 do you all know that here in Trinidad in Arima where the bus terminal is hi lo also Kirplanis was was

[@LaurelMascall-j1y]

Continuation Hi Lo and Kirplanis was was owned by an African family Even when I worked in the Hall Of Justice As. Younger girl the family name The Popes he was in his 90tes when he won the matter for years got some warm monies for his children grand children and Great grands but not the property back he died soon after so sr peopleYes Africans was here with the Indians Vex or please both

[@neilifill4819]

The AI-generated images are killing me… 😂😂

[@WTNT]

त्रिनिदाद आ टोबैगो आ कैरेबियन द्वीप पर आइल भारतीयन के आपन भाषा रहे आ ऊ लोग साक्षर रहे आ ओह लोग के पेशे आ धंधा का चलते चोरी हो गइल.

[@jewanc465]

This is rather general statement. Lots were not educated and were street people but other were just tricked in coming. My mother's father was one. He left large volume of writing and also music that he imported. He bought a house, started his own business, bought rice lands and sent all of his kids to high school including his daughters although English was his third language.

[@LindseyHeru]

How come my register names is Lindsey. Krishna. Heru. I have two god names.my tittle. Heru who is known as Horus. Find out who is he and krishna.my death certificate. My names remain the same. The indians and Africans will never be owners of our own monies.the way the government is treating us today.thank you.

[@LindseyHeru]

O. I,am sixty one years seeking for the truth. The truth will set us free😀 thanks,we are thuth because of our ancestors prey's. Out Dharma stands for truth.

[@LaurelMascall-j1y]

@@LindseyHeru well said the whites robbed our wealth Africans and India was happy people

[@LaurelMascall-j1y]

Ask the Egyptians

[@Dwrankoheart]

They are not Indians

[@teresita1320]

I am a descendant of Indians born in Suriname. That is why I am a Surinamese and not an Indian even though my roots are in India. Because the indentured Indians in Suriname, Guyana, T+T, Mauritius, Fiji, South Africa were allowed to keep their culture, norms and values, religion and language that they brought with them is also a reason that their descendants feel a strong connection with India. I was raised at home with the Indian culture and at school with the Western culture based on the Dutch culture because of the colonization of Suriname by the Netherlands. The descendants of the slaves were deprived of their culture, norms, values, religion and language. That is the reason why their descendants do not feel a connection with their country of origin in Africa. I think that is a great loss for the descendants of the slaves because your roots are an important part of who you are.

[@Mr_Logician]

@@teresita1320 Your Ethnicity is Indian, your Nationality is Surinamese and your Race is Asian. Learn the differences.