ABSTRACT
The nation of Grenada actually consists of three islands: Grenada proper and two smaller islands, Carriacou and Petit Martinique. Like all of the other Caribbean islands, Grenada was first settled by Amerindians who came from South America and worked their way north across the chain of islands. The descendants of African black slaves constitute the overwhelming majority of Grenada's population, and African traditions persist on Grenada. The fate of the African slaves worsened when the British acquired Grenada by the Treaty of Paris, which concluded the Seven Years' War. During the American Revolution, the French were able to recapture Grenada along with several other West Indian islands. Two centuries later in March 1979 Julien Fedon was proclaimed Grenada's greatest national hero by the People's Revolutionary Government. The mountainous terrain of Grenada was well-suited for the growing of cocoa, which became the leading export crop by the 1880s.
