Draft:Battle of Belvedere estate

Battle of Belvedere estate
	Part of Fédon's rebellion
Date	8th April 1795
Location	Belvedere Estate, Saint John Parish, Grenada
Result	Revolutionary victory, Execution of Governor Ninian Home
Belligerents
Fédon’s revolutionaries	British coloured militia of Grenada
Commanders and leaders
Julien Fédon	Louis Cazot La Grenade
Strength
Unknown	200 Militia soldiers
	The battle might have nearly been a success for Fédon, which is probably the reason why he swiftly executed the hostages, who he had been putting off executing.

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Instructions · What links here · Battle of Belvedere estate (talk: + · bio) · (log) · Copyvios report · reFill · Citation Bot · (Search: Google, Wikipedia) · Submitted 9 days ago by KeyolTranslater (talk: D · +) · Last edited 8 days ago by Folkezoft

The Battle of Belvedere estate was a skirmish that took place on between the 6th and 8th April 1795 (Dates vary)^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] the rebel camp of Julien Fedon during the Fédon revolt (1795–1796).

Prelude

Earlier in 1795 the Fedon rebellion broke out in Grenada led by Julien Fedon and Joachim Philip with the backing of the First French Republic. The rebels quickly took the towns of Grenville and Gouyave and captured 45/47 hostages including the governor of Grenada Ninian Home.^[5]^[6] The British who were stationed at Saint George’s carried out various attacks and tried to cut off the revolutionaries’ supply lines.^[7] The British decided to attack Fédon’s camp to free hostages and put an end to the revolt and so on the 8th of April 1795, Louis Cazot LaGrenade, officer of the Grenadian coloured militia went to Belvedere with 200 militia troops.

The Skirmish

The Militia attacked the camp in a charge led by Louis Cazot LaGrenade, however the battle was a failure and the militia were pushed back to St George’s.^[8] However Julien Fédon’s brother perished in the skirmish^[9], which infuriated Fedon and incentivised him to carry out his threat of executing the captives.^[10]

Aftermath

After the skirmish Julien Fédon carried out his threat and executed^[11]^[12]^[4] the hostages including governor Ninian Home^[13], who were killed a few days afterward, the revolutionaries also decided to attack various plantations and freed slaves who joined the revolt (or were forced to join), they also took out various ports and cut the troops on the island off from their supply chain.^[14]

References

^ Hay, John. A Narrative of the insurrection in the island of Grenada which took place in 1795. pp. 75–83.
^ https://westindiacommittee.org/historyheritageculture/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Narrative-of-the-insurrection-in-the-island-of-Grenada.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ "Fedon's Rebellion (Transcript)". Tenement Yaad Media. Retrieved 2025-11-20.
^ ^a ^b Grenada, N. O. W. (2024-03-03). "This Day in History: Fédon's Rebellion began 3 March 1795 | NOW Grenada". Retrieved 2025-11-20.
^ "Grenada's Story : Renegade Rum Distillery". renegaderum.com. Archived from the original on 2022-03-24. Retrieved 2025-10-20.
^ Pierre-Louis, Jessica (2018-03-22). "Marie Rose Cavelan and the Fedon's Rebellion". Tan Listwa (in French). Retrieved 2025-11-20.
^ Ashby, Timothy (1984). "FÉDON'S REBELLION (Continued)". Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research. 62 (252): 227–235. ISSN 0037-9700. JSTOR 44227136.
^ Paul, Friedland (2018-09-20). "Every Island Is Not Haiti: The French Revolution in the Windward Islands". OUP Academic. doi:10.1093/o (inactive 20 October 2025). Archived from the original on 2024-10-01. Retrieved 2025-10-20.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of October 2025 (link)
^ Taylor, Mildred Europa (2019-02-07). "Face2Face Africa History Face2Face Africa History". Face2Face Africa. Retrieved 2025-11-20.
^ Murphy, Tessa (2018-06-18). "A Reassertion of Rights: Fedon's Rebellion, Grenada, 1795-96". La Révolution française (14). doi:10.4000/lrf.2017. ISSN 2105-2557.
^ English Heritage.
^ "UK Government Web Archive". webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 2025-11-20.
^ "Caribbean Connections – Paxton House". paxtonhouse.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-11-20.
^ Guild, History (2023-05-08). "'Excessive severity': Treason and the Grenadian Rebellion of 1795". History Guild. Retrieved 2025-10-20.

[1] Hay, John. A Narrative of the insurrection in the island of Grenada which took place in 1795. pp. 75–83.

[2] ttps://westindiacommittee.org/historyheritageculture/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Narrative-of-the-insurrection-in-the-island-of-Grenada.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

[3] "Fedon's Rebellion (Transcript)". Tenement Yaad Media. Retrieved 2025-11-20.

[:0-4] Grenada, N. O. W. (2024-03-03). "This Day in History: Fédon's Rebellion began 3 March 1795 | NOW Grenada". Retrieved 2025-11-20.

[5] "Grenada's Story : Renegade Rum Distillery". renegaderum.com. Archived from the original on 2022-03-24. Retrieved 2025-10-20.

[6] Pierre-Louis, Jessica (2018-03-22). "Marie Rose Cavelan and the Fedon's Rebellion". Tan Listwa (in French). Retrieved 2025-11-20.

[7] Ashby, Timothy (1984). "FÉDON'S REBELLION (Continued)". Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research. 62 (252): 227–235. ISSN 0037-9700. JSTOR 44227136.

[8] Paul, Friedland (2018-09-20). "Every Island Is Not Haiti: The French Revolution in the Windward Islands". OUP Academic. doi:10.1093/o (inactive 20 October 2025). Archived from the original on 2024-10-01. Retrieved 2025-10-20.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of October 2025 (link)

[9] Taylor, Mildred Europa (2019-02-07). "Face2Face Africa History Face2Face Africa History". Face2Face Africa. Retrieved 2025-11-20.

[10] Murphy, Tessa (2018-06-18). "A Reassertion of Rights: Fedon's Rebellion, Grenada, 1795-96". La Révolution française (14). doi:10.4000/lrf.2017. ISSN 2105-2557.

[11] English Heritage.

[12] "UK Government Web Archive". webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 2025-11-20.

[13] "Caribbean Connections – Paxton House". paxtonhouse.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-11-20.

[14] Guild, History (2023-05-08). "'Excessive severity': Treason and the Grenadian Rebellion of 1795". History Guild. Retrieved 2025-10-20.

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