12°08′54.00″N 61°37′38.21″W / 12.1483333°N 61.6272806°W / 12.1483333; -61.6272806

Paraclete is a small village on the north island of Grenada, Parish of Saint Andrew, in the Caribbean. In 1795 it was the residence of the Governor, Ninian Home, who was captured here in March 1795 by rebel slaves and Frenchmen under Julien Fédon.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Craton, M. (2009). Testing the Chains: Resistance to Slavery in the British West Indies. Ithaca, New york: Cornell University Press. p. 186. ISBN 978-0-80147-528-3.
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