![]() Ī revolt of the 8th West India Regiment in 1802 occurred when its soldiers took over the Fort Shirley garrison on Dominica for three days in protest over working conditions, and fears over being potentially sent to work in the cane fields. The eighth of the newly raised regiments (Skerrett's) was disbanded the following year but the quality of the new corps led to a further five West India Regiments being raised in 1798. This constituted about 7% of the enslaved Africans imported into the British West Indies during this period. Between 17, an estimated 13,400 slaves were purchased for service in the West India Regiments at the cost of about £925,000. ![]() In addition to incorporating into the 1st West India Regiment the Carolina Corps that had been in existence since 1779, the original intention was both to recruit free blacks from the West Indian population and to purchase slaves from the West Indian plantations. Major Thomas Huxley, 2nd West India Regiment (1795-1802), Old Burying Ground (Halifax, Nova Scotia)Įight West India Regiments were commissioned between 24 April and 1 September 1795.
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