1809: about 10,000 Saint-Domingue refugees reach New Orleans, roughly doubling the city. 1844: Santo Domingo breaks from Haiti. Record. Lens: the French Atlantic…
Year: 1809 · Places: Louisiana, Gulf Coast, Ayiti, Europe
SUMMARY1809: about 10,000 Saint-Domingue refugees reach New Orleans, roughly doubling the city. 1844: Santo Domingo breaks from Haiti. Record. Lens: the French Atlantic realm (Saint-Domingue, New Orleans, Mississippi, Great Lakes, Canada) sat on older river-kingdom networks; after 1803 and 1844 it was cut to half an island (Pattern).