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This 22 page research study assesses the literature on post-emancipation Trinidad and Tobago and apply the theory of sociocultural evolution to an assessment of race relations following the influx of East Indians in the second half of the 19th century. Specifically, this research study will answer the following question: How did the influx of East Indians into Trinidad and Tobago in the 19th century impact the sociocultural evolution of the nation? Bibliography lists 25 sources.
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whom were native born. To address the labor shifts and plantation needs following emancipation, indentured East Indian immigrants began to come into the country, a process that continued until
after the turn of the 20th century (Brereton, 1979). For the sugar estates to survive in the post-emancipation era, it was necessary to bring in another form of cheap
labor, and so socioeconomic and cultural divides emerged between the Afro-Trinidadians and the East Indians immigrant populations. This research study will assess the literature on post-emancipation Trinidad and Tobago
and apply the theory of sociocultural evolution to an assessment of race relations following the influx of East Indians in the second half of the 19th century. Specifically, this
research study will answer the following question: How did the influx of East Indians into Trinidad and Tobago in the 19th century impact the sociocultural evolution of the nation?
The thesis for this study is that racial tensions that existed in the 19th and 20th centuries originated from divisions in the social and demographic characteristics of the native
born Afro-Trinidadians and the East Indian population that came in to replace slave labor. Race and the Sugar Trade In relating the racial divisions in Trinidad and Tobago in
relation to the political and social climate of the 19th century, it is necessary to go back a little further and understanding the lengthy history of Afro-Trinidadians and the history
of the sugar trade. Prior to the 19th century and as far back as the 15th century, sugar plantations become a way of life throughout the Caribbean and the
slave trade was the source of free labor for that industry. The scope of the slave trade and the underlying purpose of creating inexpensive products and utilizing natural
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