From the linked website..

"Hodge´s character contrasted sharply with that of his chief prosecutor, Governor Hugh Elliot, a noted diplomat and a supporter of the anti-slavery forces in Great Britain whose brother, the Earl of Minto, was currently Viceroy of India and whose brother-in-law, Lord Auckland, had - four years before -
carried the bill ending the slave trade in the House of Lords.

The hanging of Arthur Hodge caused a sensation and transcripts of his trial were published in both Great Britain and the United States. The news helped to revitalize the anti-slavery forces, playing an important role in the debates leading to the establishment of slave registries and the accountability
they implied throughout the Caribbean colonies."

Thank you, Dee! These two paragraphs rng some bells..the Earl of Minto is an important figure herabouts, and that sent me off looking at a couple of Canadian books.... also, that "transcripts of his trial were published..." sent me to book 2 of the Newgate calendar..which has a whole chapter devoted to the effects of Hodge's trial. However, it doesn't seem to mention Antigua anywhere -it just mentions the Virgin Islands, and the inquiries and evidence taken at the National Assembly on Nevis in 1810.It also makes reference to Demerara, and a plantation there called LAncaster. Interesting...

Still not much closer to proving my point, but a few more leads..thanks,again.