St. Vincent, 1797: the dark ones were labeled African and removed; the light ones kept land

SUMMARYSt. Vincent, 1797: the dark ones were labeled African and removed; the light ones kept land (Nov 7, 2026)

RECORD (Sir William Young, An Account of the Black Charaibs, 1795, p. 125)"the British planters, or the Black Charaibs, must be removed from the island of St Vincent's"; Young called the Yellow and Black Caribs "two nations of people of very different origin and pretensions" and the island's people "aboriginal Indians, Negro colonials, French intruders, and British settlers."

RECORD (Kirby and Martin, The Rise and Fall of the Black Caribs, pp. 46–48; McNew, The Second Carib War)about 5,080 Caribs surrendered in October 1796 and were held on Balliceaux; "more than half died of disease before they arrived at Roatan" (sailed March 11, 1797; about 2,026 landed April 11); "only a few hundred" Yellow Caribs stayed and were given a reserve at Sandy Bay. Official reason: the Yellow Caribs "had not been involved" in the war

RECORD (scholarship, core.ac.uk 8790479)the planters "Africanised" the Black Caribs as a "colony of African Negroes," usurpers of the best land, a framing that cut the count of Indigenous families and silenced sympathy

PATTERNcolor became the paper line between "native" (allowed to stay) and "African" (no native rights, removed). Not a color-only killing: the stated line was who fought; some Black Caribs who hid in the bush also stayed (Greggs, Morne Ronde)

DISPUTEDthe Wikipedia claim that people were picked "by African features" has no citation; needs a primary source (Colonial Office CO 260 letters, Abercromby's orders). Connects: P826, P844, Rule 13, Rule 14.