Saint-Domingue

Born a slave on the island of Saint-Domingue, Zarite - known as Tete - is the daughter of an African mother she never knew and one of the white sailors who brought her into bondage.

Island Beneath the Sea by Isabel Allende: Book summary 2010

The Atlantic World Reborn, in the second-floor Dexter Hall, traces the origins of the American Revolution and the shock waves its world-shattering call for individual liberty sent through the Atlantic world, especially in the French possession of Saint-Domingue the future Haiti, the location of the first successful slave revolt in 1804, the year of the NYHS's founding.

Historical Resurrection Bruce Cole 2011

During that time, the island was compromised of the same territory and remained that way until 1697, with the signing of the Treaty of Ryswick, Spain ceded the western part of the island to France, which was renamed Saint-Domingue.

Global Voices in English » Dominican Republic: The Financial Cost of Undocumented Haitian Immigrants 2009

At the end of the double battle for emancipation and independence, former slaves proclaimed the independence of Saint-Domingue on 1 January 1804, declaring the new nation as Haiti, honoring one of the indigenous Taíno names for the island.

Printing: The Last of God's Ambulance Chasers: Pat Robertson Delights in Haiti's Hell! 2010

At the end of the double battle for emancipation and independence, former slaves proclaimed the independence of Saint-Domingue on 1 January 1804, declaring the new nation as Haiti, honoring one of the indigenous Taíno names for the island.

The Last of God's Ambulance Chasers: Pat Robertson Delights in Haiti's Hell! 2010

At the end of the double battle for emancipation and independence, former slaves proclaimed the independence of Saint-Domingue on 1 January 1804, declaring the new nation as Haiti, honoring one of the indigenous Taíno names for the island.

The Last of God's Ambulance Chasers: Pat Robertson Delights in Haiti's Hell! 2010

Saint-Domingue did not attract visitors, but at times some came to study the nature or economy of the Antilles.

'Island Beneath the Sea' 2010

This puzzled me until I read an interview with Allende in which she says that she found reading about the horrific conditions for slaves on Saint-Domingue later Haiti made her physically ill.

The Tide of War, by Seth Hunter. Book review Carla 2010

The Spanish Illness Toulouse Valmorain arrived in Saint-Domingue in 1770, the same year the dauphin of France married the Austrian archduchess, Marie Antoinette.

'Island Beneath the Sea' 2010

At the end of the 1600s, Spain ceded to France the western part of the island, which they called Saint-Domingue, and which would become the richest colony in the world.

'Island Beneath the Sea' 2010