 Following the Treaty of Paris in 1814, which ended the war with the French, the British forces and officials on the island of evacuated Gorée.Captain Alexander Grant was sent with a detachment of Royal African Corps soldiers to explore the possibility of rebuilding Fort James on James Island but decided that more space would be provided by St Mary's Island.Grant made a treaty with the King of Kombo on 23 April 1816 that ceded the island to the UK.