In 1783, under the Treaty of Versailles, the Island was handed to the British. Once stabilised, the British brought large numbers of slaves to Grenada from Africa and the historic sugar plantations were created.

Inspired by the French Revolution, a black planter by the name of Julian Feddon rebelled against the British, leading to the violent uprising of the Island’s slaves. Although this aggression was later defeated, it lead to the abolition of slavery in 1834. Feddon’s Camp is set high in the central mountains and can be visited to this day. 

In 1877 under Queen Victoria, Grenada became a Crown Colony and remained so until gaining independence in 1974. Grenada is one of the smallest independent countries in the Western Hemisphere and is still part of the British Commonwealth.

Today, despite the long British rule, the Island’s French heritage also survives in many ways, including the local French ‘patois’, many of the place names and a large Catholic population.

An attempt was made in 1979 to set-up a socialist/communist state allied to Cuba. Four years later, at the request of Sir Paul Scoon, the Governor General at that time, the United States under Ronald Reagan, together with Jamaica and the Eastern Caribbean States launched an intervention or “rescue mission” and attacked the Marxist revolutionaries militarily. Order was quickly restored and by the end of 1984, a democratic government had been elected.

Since then, Grenada has enjoyed a peaceful and stable democracy which has brought about a vastly improved way of life with the creation of many new buildings and greatly improved infrastructure. The Grenadian propensity to work, prosper and to charm has since lead to extensive progress both economically and culturally.