Dozens of distinct African ethnic groups were shipped to Trinidad as indentured labor

Evidence

Of the liberated Africans, J. J. (Jacob) Thomas (who will be discussed in the text) “listed the principal tribal groups sent to Trinidad as the ‘Mandingoes, Foulahs, Houssas, Calvers, Gallahs, Karamenties, Yorubas, Aradas, Cangas, Kroos, Timnehs, Veis, Eboes, Mokoes, Bibis, Congoes.’” — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 2315