Reblogged from Haiti and the Atlantic World:
This table comes from an 1805 publication in Paris by M. Wante called Importance de nos colonies occidentales, particulièrement de celle de Saint-Domingue.
The book contains three fold out tables (very hard to scan!) that detail the colonial imports of France and Europe (with particular attention paid to Saint Domingue). The notes in this table highlight the role of the British in helping Haiti achieve its independence in 1804 and also their desire to see the "civil war" in Saint Domingue continue.
Thanks to Julia Gaffield, for sharing fresh fruits of her archival research-- documents revealing (once more) how Europe enriched itself on the backs of the enslaved Africans in Saint-Domingue. What is intriguing about this document is how the British perceived the struggle. We know they tried to occupied the colony, but were ultimately expelled by the Black warriors.
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