The Portuguese of Trinidad and Tobago

Traditionally a navigating and migratory people, Portuguese settlers came to the Caribbean as early as the seventeenth century. Though few in number, the Portuguese contribution to their adopted homeland is of a significance beyond the small size of the community. The tale of the Madeirans in Trinidad and Tobago and Luso-Trinidadians and Tobagonians has gone untold. This is an attempt to tell their story.