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In 1659, the French colony of Saint-Domingue -- now known as Haiti -- was established.

The French colonists began setting up sugar and coffee plantations worked by imported bondsmen from Africa.

By 1788, the island had over 700,000 bondsmen working in brutal conditions.

As a result of overwork, lack of proper medical care, inadequate food, clothing, and shelter, the mortality rate far exceeded the birth rate. Thus, the colonial system in Haiti was described as one of the most brutally-efficient bondsmen colonies and France's most profitable colonial possession which they called 'The pearl of the Antilles.'

Posted November 13 2023 at 9:00 PM

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