Tortola, 1839-1842
Tortola, 1839-1842
Collection: Caribbean Colonial Statistics from the British Empire, 1824–1950 Volumes Tortola, 1839-1842
Tortola would, in all likelihood, have been settled by Amerindians prior to the arrival of Christopher Columbus. It was settled by Dutch pirates in 1648, then taken by British planters in 1666, before its incorporation into the British Leeward Islands in 1672. Slaves were introduced to Tortola to work on the sugar plantations there. Slaves on Tortola did rebel, but rebellions were crushed. Tortolian slaves were freed in the year before these Blue Books commence. As a part of the British Virgin Islands, Tortola remains a British Overseas Territory.
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