The Brigands's War in St Vincent: The view from the French records, 1794-1796. Curtis Jacobs. In memory of George Louison 1941-2003
The Brigands's War in St Vincent: The view from the French records, 1794-1796. Curtis Jacobs. In memory of George Louison 1941-2003
(University of the West Indies)
The Brigands'War - also called 'The Second Carib War' - took place in the Eastern Caribbean, particularly in the Windward Islands, between 1794 and 1798. Today, it is an almost forgotten episode in the history of the then mortal struggle between Britain and France throughout the eighteenth century, for control of this sub-region of the Caribbean