Island
Name a country Haiti is located near?
Mexico, US, Jamaica
What were the main 2 crops grown on the island?
Sugar cane and Coffee
Where did Saint Domingue export crops to?
The World
Where was Loverture born?
Saint Domnigue
What european country shared colonial claim to the island.
Spain
What was the name of the island when Christopher Columbus discovered?
Hispaniola
What was the main form of labor on Saint Domingue?
Slave Labor
What did Louverture grow on his plantation?
Coffee
What year was the island discovered by Christopher Columbus?
1492
What was the name of the Spanish portion of the island?
Santo Domingo
How many enslaved people were living in Saint Domingue?
500,000
What were Louverture's jobs?
Herder, coachman, foreman (overseer)
What year did France take control of the west side of the island?
1697
Night of Fire
What percentage of the world's coffe came from Saint Domingue?
over 50%
What did Louverture learn from his godfather that many slaves don't know?
To read and write
What day did Haiti declare independence?
January 1, 1804
How many white people and free people of color lived in Saint Domingue?
25,000 and 32,000
57,000 total
What percentage of the world's sugar cane came from Saint Domingue?
40%
How did Louverture die?
Pneumonia in a French Prison