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Wednesday, 13 February 2013
BLACK SOCIAL HISTORY : SLAVERY AND SLAVE TRADE IN SAINT LUCIA :
Saint Lucia was a French colony from 1643 when Du Rousselan became Governor of Saint Lucia until his death in 1654. In 1664 Thomas Warmer claimed Saint Lucia for England, he brought 1000 men to defend it from the French, but after two years only 89 survived and they died from various disease. French returned and resumed control of the Island. For years the Island traded between the French and English with various treaties. The French assumed ownership of Saint Lucia by the Treaty of Paris in 1763 and introduced the sugar cane industry in 1765. The colonist who came over were mostly indentured white servant serving a small percentage of wealthy merchant or nobles.