Artibonite
Saint-Domingue’s largest river.
Tooltip Categories Saint-Domingue
Free People of Color in Pre-revolutionary Saint-Domingue
Ogé, Vincent “jeune” (1757-91)
Augustin, Marie Janvier
née Benjamin
Daux (or Daut), Toussaint
a craftman who worked on a Bréda plantation; became a battalion chief during the Haïtian Revolution
Bréda Plantations
Map of Bréda Plantations Haut-du-Cap Sugar Estate (1770s)
Colas Jambes Coupées
Source: Moreau de Saint-Méry, Loix, 3:48-49 The “Colas Cut Legs” moniker was probably due to his kidnappers cutting off his hamstrings to keep him from escaping, according to John Garrigus in A Secret among the Blacks. Planters in 1720s Saint-Domingue…
