French colony of Saint-Domingue

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Caribbean colony French colony sugar-producing colony

The French colony of Saint-Domingue was a wealthy Caribbean sugar-producing colony on the western part of Hispaniola that became the site of the Haitian Revolution and ultimately the independent nation of Haiti.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Saint-Domingue	52
French colony of Saint-Domingue canonical	7
French colonial Saint-Domingue	2
Southern Saint-Domingue	1
colonial Haiti	1
northern Saint-Domingue	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Caribbean colony ⓘ French colony ⓘ sugar-producing colony ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ surface form: Saint-Domingue
alsoPracticedReligion	African-derived religions ⓘ
borderedBy	Spanish colony of Santo Domingo ⓘ
capital	Cap-Français ⓘ
capitalTodayName	Cap-Haïtien ⓘ
colonialPower	France ⓘ Kingdom of France ⓘ
colonialStatus	French overseas colony ⓘ
commonLanguage	Haitian Creole ⓘ
countryToday	Haiti ⓘ surface form: Republic of Haiti
endDate	1804 ⓘ
endEvent	Haitian Revolution ⓘ
establishedByTreaty	Treaty of Ryswick ⓘ
eventOccurred	Haitian Revolution ⓘ
eventStart	1791 slave uprising ⓘ
knownFor	being one of the wealthiest colonies in the Caribbean ⓘ being the site of the Haitian Revolution ⓘ harsh slave regime ⓘ large-scale sugar production ⓘ
laborSystem	plantation slavery ⓘ
locatedInOcean	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Caribbean ⓘ
locatedInSea	Caribbean Sea ⓘ
locatedOnIsland	Hispaniola ⓘ
locatedOnPartOfIsland	western part of Hispaniola ⓘ
mainCashCrop	coffee ⓘ cotton ⓘ indigo ⓘ sugar ⓘ
majorPortCity	Cap-Français ⓘ Port-au-Prince ⓘ
modernTerritoryIncludes	Haiti ⓘ surface form: Republic of Haiti
notableLeaderAssociated	Henri Christophe ⓘ Jean-Jacques Dessalines ⓘ Toussaint Louverture ⓘ
officialLanguage	French ⓘ
partOf	French colonial empire ⓘ
populationGroup	enslaved Black population ⓘ free people of color ⓘ white planters ⓘ
primaryLaborForce	enslaved Africans ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
startDate	1697 ⓘ
successorState	First Empire of Haiti ⓘ Haiti ⓘ State of Haiti (northern republic) government ⓘ surface form: State of Haiti

Referenced by (64)

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

Haitian Revolution → languageContext → French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ

Toussaint Louverture → birthPlace → French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint-Domingue

Jean-Jacques Dessalines → placeOfBirth → French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint-Domingue

Haitian Constitution of 1801 → country → French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint-Domingue

Haitian Constitution of 1801 → placeOfPromulgation → French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint-Domingue

Dutty Boukman → countryOfCitizenship → French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint-Domingue

Dutty Boukman → placeOfActivity → French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint-Domingue

Bois Caïman ceremony → hasLocation → French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ

this entity surface form: northern Saint-Domingue

Bois Caïman ceremony → countryAtTime → French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint-Domingue

Haitian Declaration of Independence → placeOfProclamation → French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint-Domingue

Léogâne → wasPartOf → French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ

Toussaint Bréda → placeOfBirth → French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint-Domingue

Toussaint Bréda → countryOfBirth → French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ

Toussaint Bréda → countryOfCitizenship → French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint-Domingue

French colony of Saint-Domingue → alsoKnownAs → French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint-Domingue

Kingdom of France → colonialTerritory → French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint-Domingue

Thomas-Alexandre Dumas → birthPlace → French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint-Domingue

Charles Leclerc → placeOfDeath → French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint-Domingue

John James Audubon → countryOfBirth → French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint-Domingue

Victor-Emmanuel Leclerc → placeOfDeath → French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint-Domingue

Cotonou plantation → locatedIn → French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint-Domingue

Island Beneath the Sea → settingLocation → French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint-Domingue

Bréda plantation → locatedIn → French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint-Domingue

Jean Lafitte → allegedBirthPlace → French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint-Domingue

Suzanne Simone Baptiste Louverture → countryOfCitizenship → French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint-Domingue

Suzanne Simone Baptiste Louverture → placeOfResidence → French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint-Domingue

Suzanne Simone Baptiste Louverture → associatedWith → French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint-Domingue

Isaac Louverture → countryOfCitizenship → French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint-Domingue

Isaac Louverture → placeOfBirth → French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint-Domingue

Isaac Louverture → historicalContext → French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ

this entity surface form: French colonial Saint-Domingue

Placide Louverture → countryOfCitizenship → French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint-Domingue

Placide Louverture → placeOfActivity → French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint-Domingue

Code Noir (involvement in drafting) → inForceIn → French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ

subject surface form: Code Noir

this entity surface form: Saint-Domingue

Haitian livre → usedIn → French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint-Domingue

Haitian livre → usedIn → French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ

this entity surface form: colonial Haiti

Haitian livre → currencyOf → French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint-Domingue

French colonists → majorDestination → French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint-Domingue

Alexandre Pétion → countryOfBirth → French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint-Domingue

French West India Company → operatedColony → French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint-Domingue

Seven Years' War in the Caribbean → affectedTerritory → French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint-Domingue

Jean Baptiste Point du Sable → placeOfBirth → French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint-Domingue

Siege of Cap-Français → hasLocation → French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint-Domingue

Siege of Cap-Français → colony → French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ

British expedition to Saint-Domingue → location → French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint-Domingue

Bois Caïman → associatedWithColony → French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint-Domingue

Cécile Fatiman → placeOfActivity → French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint-Domingue

Louis Boisrond-Tonnerre → placeOfActivity → French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint-Domingue

Louis Boisrond-Tonnerre → placeOfBirth → French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint-Domingue

Governor-General of Saint-Domingue → appliesToJurisdiction → French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint-Domingue

War of the Knives → place → French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint-Domingue