Security forces walk past mural with the effigy of late president Jovenel Moise on it.
The 1697 Treaty of Ryswick legalized French control over the western third of the island of Hispaniola – a Spanish asset – under the name of Saint-Domingue. The colony proved to be a valuable spigot of wealth. In 1789, Saint-Domingue supplied two-thirds of the overseas trade of France and was the greatest individual market for the European slave trade. It was a bigger source of income for its owners than the whole of Britain’s 13 North American colonies combined. The labour of half-a-million slaves propped up the dazzling opulence of the French commercial bourgeoisie, and formed the hidden foundations of cities like Bordeaux, Nantes and Marseille. In August 1791, after two years of the French Revolution and its ripple effects in Saint-Domingue, the slaves revolted.
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SWC girls indoor track championship at Floyd Little Athletic Center, New Haven, Conn, on Saturday night, February 3, 2018.H John Voorhees III / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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New Haven Connecticut - February 22, 2020: Korey Morton of Brien McMahon H.S. competes in the preliminary 55-meter dash, center, before coming in second during the finals of the CIAC State Open Indoor Track Championship Saturday at the Floyd Little Athletic Center in New Haven.Peter Hvizdak / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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New Haven Connecticut - February 22, 2020: Matthew Bigelow of Weston H.S. wins the pole-vault during the CIAC State Open Indoor Track Championship Saturday at the Floyd Little Athletic Center in New Haven.Peter Hvizdak / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less