Saint-Domingue
Haitian Kreyòl name: Sen Domeng
Also known as: Saint Domingue, French Saint-Domingue, Colony of Saint-Domingue
Last updated: April 26, 2026
French colony occupying the western third of Hispaniola, the most profitable colony in the world in the late 18th century. Saint-Domingue produced roughly 40% of Europe's sugar and 60% of its coffee through the brutal exploitation of approximately 500,000 enslaved Africans. The colony was the site of the Haitian Revolution (1791–1804), after which it was renamed Haiti. Its plantation system was the economic engine behind French colonialism and a central node in the Atlantic slave trade.
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The Code Noir governed French colonies including Saint-Domingue.
The Treaty of Ryswick formally established Saint-Domingue as a French colony.
Took place in the South Province of Saint-Domingue
The decree applied to Saint-Domingue and the French colonies
The assembly claimed legislative authority over Saint-Domingue's internal affairs
The uprising transformed Saint-Domingue permanently
The Bois Caïman ceremony took place in Saint-Domingue.
The British occupation took place across Saint-Domingue
The decree applied to Saint-Domingue and its effect was felt there immediately
The dissolution affected the colonial political institutions across Saint-Domingue
The prosecution took place in the Marmelade district of Saint-Domingue
The Le Jeune case occurred on a plantation in colonial Saint-Domingue
The expedition landed and fought across Saint-Domingue from February 1802 to November 1803
The project maps events across Saint-Domingue and into independent Haiti
The feast was observed across Saint-Domingue including at Les Cayes and Cap-Français
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Saint-Domingue - The colony's name, erased in 1804
Capital of the northern province of Saint-Domingue.
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Saint-Domingue
Located in the western province of Saint-Domingue.
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Saint-Domingue - The colony the maroons defied
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Capital of the southern province of Saint-Domingue.
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Saint-Domingue was one of the largest consumers of enslaved Africans in the Atlantic trade.
Saint-Domingue produced over half of Europe's coffee by the 1780s.
domingue --- The colony
Saint-Domingue was the colonial name of the territory that became Haiti after the revolution.
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Saint-Domingue was the most productive plantation economy in the Atlantic world.
Saint-Domingue was the colonial destination in the French triangular trade.
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