Editing Carriacou and Petite Martinique (section)

==Colonial history==
On 27 September 1650, Jacques du Parquet bought [[Grenada]] from the [[Compagnie des Iles de l'Amerique]], which was dissolved, for the equivalent of £1160. In 1657, Jacques du Parquet sold Grenada to Jean de Faudoas, Comte de Sérillac, for the equivalent of £1890.<ref>[[#Steele|Steele]], page 52</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Prinet |first1=Max |title=Reviewed work: La maison de Faudoas (Gascogne, Maine et Normandie), par l'abbé Ambroise Ledru, chanoine honoraire du Mans, et Eugène Vallée. Paris, A. Lemerre, 1907-1908. 3 vol. in-8°, xii-440, I-339 et 458 pages, pl. |journal=Bibliothèque de l'École des chartes |date=1909 |volume=70 |pages=562–564 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/42971075 |access-date=3 April 2021 |trans-title=The House of Faudoas (Gascony, Maine and Normandy), by Father Ambroise Ledru, Honorary Canon of Le Mans, and Eugène Vallée… |publisher=Librairie Droz, Société de l'Ecole des chartes |location=Paris |jstor=42971075 |language=French |issn=0373-6237 |oclc=754171109}}</ref> In 1664, King [[Louis XIV]] bought out the independent island owners and established the [[French West India Company]].<ref name=steele54>[[#Steele|Steele]], page 54</ref> In 1674, the French West India Company was dissolved. Proprietary rule ended in Grenada, which became a French crown colony as a dependency of [[Martinique]].<ref name=steele54/>

Carriacou and Petite Martinique was part of the French colony in 1762. It was part of the British Grenada colony from 1763 to 1779 and 1783–1974. It was part of the French Grenada colony from 1779 to 1783.<ref>{{cite book|last=Martin|first=Robert Montgomery|title=The British Colonial Library Comprising a Popular and Authentic Description of all the Colonies of the British Empire, Their History—Physical Geography—Geology—Climate—Anima, Vegetable, and Mineral Kingdoms—Government—Finance—Military Defence—Commerce—Shipping—Monetary System—Religion—Population, white and coloured—Education and the Press—Emigration, Social State, &c.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NO_fAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA249|volume=IV|year=1844|publisher=H. G. Bohn|location=London, England|pages=249–251}}</ref> During this turbulent period, most of the land on Carriacou and all of the property on Petite Martinique was owned by a free black woman, [[Judith Philip]], and her family members.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Candlin|first1=Kit|last2=Pybus|first2=Cassandra|title=Enterprising Women: Gender, Race, and Power in the Revolutionary Atlantic|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E--wBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA57|year=2015|publisher=[[University of Georgia Press]]|location=Athens, Georgia|isbn=978-0-8203-4455-3|page=57}}</ref> It has been a dependency of Grenada since 1974.