Les Cayes, Saint-Domingue
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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.
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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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Les Cayes, Haiti