The entire colony must be abandoned, and perhaps burned, before the plague could spread farther.

The Joyful post office operated from 1883 to 1884, when the colony was abandoned.

After eight months the colony was abandoned in July 1699, apart from six men who were too weak to move.

By 1867, the colony was abandoned, but about 300 freedmen still lived there independently in 1870.

By 1867, the colony was abandoned, although some freedmen continued to live on the island.

The plantations were not restored, and the colony was abandoned.

The colony never took off, and was abandoned by 1849.

After a hurricane destroyed the remaining buildings in 1541, the colony was completely abandoned.

After the colony was abandoned in the 1920s, the Canadian government sold the building to a family around 1937 for $200.

By 1810 the colony had been abandoned and become a ghost town.