They also (of whom he was one) who had purchased the territory granted by the crown to General Monkton in the Island of St.
Vincent, ought to be indemnified also.

The sale of this had gone on briskly, till it was known, that a plan was in agitation for the abolition of the Slave-trade.

Since that period the original purchasers had done little or nothing, and they had many hundred acres on hand, which would be of no value, if the present question was carried.

In fact, they had a right to compensation.

The planters generally spent their estates in this country.