Saint-Domingue before 1791 ("the blank"): Tortuga buccaneers and flibustiers (1600s); Treaty of Ryswick 1697 (western third ceded to France); Makandal's poisoning…

SUMMARYSaint-Domingue before 1791 ("the blank"): Tortuga buccaneers and flibustiers (1600s); Treaty of Ryswick 1697 (western third ceded to France); Makandal's poisoning campaign, executed 1758; Cercle des Philadelphes 1784 (Cap-Francais learned society); Le Maniel maroons negotiate a settlement with both the French and Spanish, 1785; about 28,000 free people of color in 1789, many landowners and soldiers (colonial census = hostile witness); Vincent Oge's revolt and execution, 1790; Bois Caiman Vodou ceremony (Dutty Boukman, Cecile Fatiman), August 1791 (details debated). Record.