Carib Wars
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Were two wars between the Carib inhabitants of Saint Vincent, in the Caribbean, and colonial invaders.
Chronology
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Was a military conflict between the Carib inhabitants of Saint Vincent and British military forces supporting British efforts at colonial expansion on the island.
January 1773: The British commissioners involved in the military assault on the Caribs in 1772 were Governor William Young and General Robert Melville. The Caribs were the indigenous people of the Southern portion of Saint Vincent Island, and the British sought to remove them from the territory through force.
January 1774: British unfamiliarity with the windward lands of the island and effective Carib defence of the island's difficult mountain terrain blunted the British advance, and political opposition to the expedition in London prompted an enquiry and calls for it to be ended. With military matters at a stalemate, a peace agreement was signed in 1773 that delineated boundaries between British and Carib areas of the island.
Was a conflict between the British military forces against a coalition of Black Carib, runaway slaves, and French forces for control of the island of Saint Vincent.
April 1795: In March 1795, the Caribs successfully gained control of most of the island of Saint-Vincent except for the immediate area around Kingstown.
January 1798: A major military expedition by General Ralph Abercromby was eventually successful in crushing the Carib opposition in 1797. The Caribs were deported from Saint Vincent to the island of Roatán off the coast of present-day Honduras, where they became known as the Garifuna people.
