"Using meticulous research, the author painstakingly dissects the events that propelled Trinidad and Tobago to the altar." Blueink Reviews"Drawing upon a wealth of obscure historical documents, many of which are presented in whole or in part in the book, Nimblett tries to show how a failed British slave colony was saved from extinction through a merger with a more prosperous and better run neighbor." ForeWord (Clarion Reviews)"Nimblett's book is an example of what historians call 'revisionism' - when a writer tries to argue against the prevailing interpretation of an event and proposes a new narrative instead." Professor Emeritus Bridget Brereton, TRINIDAD EXPRESSThis book tells the little known story about the decision for the Caribbean Island of Tobago to form a unitary colony with the neighbouring island of Trinidad in 1889.Cover Illustration: Lowlands Estate, Tobago - 1838 by Adrian Camps Campins