Saint-Domingue's coffee and sugar boom under French colonial rule (c. 1715–1804)

1. Code Noir registered for Saint-Domingue authorities

   May 6, 1687Labels: Code Noir, French colonial

   • BnF Heritage
   • Code Noir

2. Treaty of Ryswick cedes western Hispaniola to France

   Oct 30, 1697Labels: Treaty of, Hispaniola

   • Britannica

3. Coffee cultivation begins in Saint-Domingue

   Jan 1, 1715Labels: Coffee cultivation, Saint-Domingue

   • Gabriel de Clieu

4. Post–Seven Years’ War expansion accelerates plantation exports

   Jan 1, 1767Labels: Seven Years', Plantation exports

   • Saint Domingue
   • Haiti History

5. Saint-Domingue dominates European sugar and coffee supply

   Jan 1, 1785Labels: Saint-Domingue, Sugar production

   • Saint Domingue
   • Haiti History

6. Bois Caïman meeting helps organize northern uprising

   Aug 14, 1791Labels: Bois Ca, Northern plain

   • 1791 Revolt
   • Haitian Rev

7. Mass slave uprising begins Haitian Revolution

   Aug 21, 1791Labels: Slave uprising, Haitian Revolution

   • 1791 Revolt
   • Haitian Rev

8. French commissioners abolish slavery in Saint-Domingue

   Aug 29, 1793Labels: French commissioners, Abolition 1793

   • Law 1794

9. French National Convention abolishes slavery in colonies

   Feb 4, 1794Labels: National Convention, Abolition law

   • Law 1794

10. Toussaint Louverture issues Constitution of 1801

    Jul 7, 1801Labels: Toussaint Louverture, Constitution of

    • Louverture
    • 1801 Const

11. Leclerc expedition lands to restore French control

    Feb 1, 1802Labels: Leclerc expedition, Charles Leclerc

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12. Napoleon’s May 1802 law reinstates slavery elsewhere

    May 20, 1802Labels: Napoleon, Reinstatement law

    • May 1802 Law

13. Battle of Vertières defeats French forces

    Nov 18, 1803Labels: Battle of, Jean-Jacques Dessalines

    • Verti res

14. Haiti declares independence, ending colonial plantation rule

    Jan 1, 1804Labels: Haiti independence, Gona ves

    • Declaration
    • History com