Soufrière, Saint Lucia Soufrière, Saint Lucia Soufrière is a town on the West Coast of Saint Lucia, in the eastern Caribbean Sea. The town and the surrounding district has a population of 7,935. It was founded by the French and was the original capital of the island. There were large estates run by plantation owners of French origin and their descendants still live in the area. The French Revolution of 1789 resulted in many Royalists being executed and the slaves freed. However, Napoleon reintroduced slavery when he came to power. The British invaded St Lucia shortly after, but the slaves and French deserters
HMS Saint Lucia (1803) "Saint Lucia", of 14 guns. She was commissioned in August under Commander Conway Shipley. On 16 August 1803, "Saint Lucia" captured the French privateer "Sally". "Sally" was armed with six guns and had a crew of 28 men. In August–September "Saint Lucia" captured three prizes: Around November, "Saint Lucia" recaptured the brig "Earl St. Vincent", which had been sailing from Dublin to Barbados, and a Swedish schooner. The French privateer "Harmonie", of Martinique, had captured them three days earlier. "Saint Lucia" was unable to capture the privateer which escaped by throwing her guns overboard and sawing down her gunwales. On