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“...ST. VINCENT
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allegiance to the King. Consequently, troops were
introduced from North America, anjl after some
desultory fighting a treaty was concluded in 17731
by which the Caribs acknowledged the supremacy
of the British and were granted the large tract of
land referred to above in the north of the island.
In 1779, during the course of the war between
France and England, which had begun in the pre-
ceding year, St. Vincent was surrendered to the
French, but it was restored to Great Britain in
1783 by the Treaty of Versailles. During the
French Revolution in 1795 the island was overrun
by the Caribs, who were assisted by the French.
They burnt the cane fields, plundered the houses,
and murdered many of the colonists, who were
confined to Kingstown. This state of affairs con-
tinued until June 1796, when Sir Ralph Aber-
cromby suppressed the rising, and the bulk of the
Caribs were deported to the island of Rattan, in
the bay of Honduras.
St. Vincent, one of...”
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