ABSTRACT
THE exultation of the colonists at the victory of Lord Rodney was somewhat abated when the heavy taxation, rendered necessary by martial law, was announced: some consolation was, however, found in the high prices obtained for sugar and rum. Considerable accessions were also made to the material strength of the colony by the intro duction of emigrants from Honduras and the United States of America. In January, 1783, a large convoy arrived from Charleston with sixteen hundred troops, four hundred white families, and four thousand five hundred slaves.1
