Youloumain

Youloumain is Saint Vincent, a mountainous island in the southern Lesser Antilles. The volcano La Soufrière dominates its northern end, and steep valleys run down toward the Caribbean and Atlantic coasts. Indigenous Kalinago and people of African descent formed the community later known as the Garifuna, who resisted European attempts to take their land.

Britain obtained Saint Vincent in 1763, but control over the island was contested. In 1795 the Garifuna leader Chatoyer joined an uprising against British rule, in which French allies also took part. Chatoyer was killed during the fighting, and British forces eventually defeated the resistance. In 1797 thousands of Garifuna were deported to Roatán off the coast of Central America. Their descendants established communities along the mainland coast, carrying a history and culture rooted in Saint Vincent across the Caribbean Sea.

The later city of Kingstown lies here.