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Map of Saint-Domingue in 1789

The richest colony on earth

Saint-Domingue in 1789: The richest colony on earth. The map shows who held what: Under colonial rule.

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Map of Saint-Domingue in 1789: The richest colony on earth. Colours show Under colonial rule. — 1789 · TWO ROADS TO INDEPENDENCE: HAITI 1789–1838 AND KENYA 1895–1978

These maps are reconstructed from published sources · Cliopatria v0.2.1 — dated political boundaries · Carte de St. Domingue: paroisses et jurisdictions (1770), John Carter Brown Library · P. L. Griwtonn — Carte de l’Isle de St. Domingue avec les routes (1801), JCB Library · Natural Earth — physical reference geography

Source details

Cliopatria contributors / Seshat Global History Databank. CC BY4.0 · Dated polity and constituent territory selections; campaign-dependent occupation overlays reconstructed separately.
Carte de St. Domingue: paroisses et jurisdictions (1770), John Carter Brown Library. Historical map in the public domain; original scan not republished.
P. L. Griwtonn — Carte de l’Isle de St. Domingue avec les routes (1801), JCB Library. Historical map in the public domain; original scan not republished.
Natural Earth. Public domain

The frontier follows the published 1770 parish map, the closest acquired late-colonial boundary reference. For 1801 island-wide administration, it follows the published 1801 map.

reconstruction: 1789 · vector: 1789

Layer records and reconstruction methods

On the ground

the North’s sugar plain, home to the richest estates in the colony
the Cul-de-Sac sugar plain behind Port-au-Prince
the sugar plain of Arcahaie
the sugar plain of Léogâne
the sugar plain of Les Cayes in the South

The chapters of this moment

CH 1 — Slavery in colonial Saint-Domingue

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