Les Cayes, Saint-Domingue

E455662

colonial port town settlement

Les Cayes, Saint-Domingue was a colonial-era port town in what is now Haiti, notable as part of the French Caribbean colony of Saint-Domingue.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Les Cayes, Haiti	1

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial port town ⓘ settlement ⓘ
coastalType	seaport ⓘ
colonialEconomyBasedOn	plantation agriculture ⓘ
colonialExports	coffee ⓘ indigo ⓘ sugar ⓘ
colonialLegalSystem	French colonial law ⓘ
colonialPower	France NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonialReligionDominant	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
colonialStatus	town within the French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ
countryDuringColonialPeriod	Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEventContext	Haitian Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalNameOf	Les Cayes, Haiti NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSovereign	Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalStatus	important secondary port of Saint-Domingue ⓘ
isPartOfIsland	Hispaniola NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	role in French Caribbean trade network ⓘ shipping of sugar and coffee from Saint-Domingue ⓘ
languageOfAdministration	French ⓘ
locatedIn	French colonial Caribbean ⓘ Saint-Domingue NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInGeographicRegion	Greater Antilles NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Haiti NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	Caribbean Sea ⓘ southern coast of Hispaniola ⓘ
partOf	French West Indies NERFINISHED ⓘ French colonial empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint-Domingue slave-based plantation system ⓘ
portFunction	arrival point for European ships ⓘ embarkation point for goods to France ⓘ
presentDayAdministrativeRegion	Sud department, Haiti NERFINISHED ⓘ
presentDayCountry	Republic of Haiti NERFINISHED ⓘ
presentDayName	Les Cayes NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionWithinSaintDomingue	southern peninsula ⓘ
successorState	Haiti NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	18th century ⓘ late 17th century ⓘ
usedAs	harbor for maritime trade ⓘ port for export of colonial products ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John James Audubon → placeOfBirth → Les Cayes, Saint-Domingue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Les Cayes, Haiti