Making a Sugar Plantation in San Domang

By 17 80, san domain was producing a huge portion of europe's sugar and fully 50 % of its coffee. The pattern of settlement sandoman pretty much followed the geography of the colony. Sugar needs flat land that is well irrigated to grow on. In 16 87, shortly before the official takeover by the french, the population of saint domain was about four thousand whites, 33 hundred slaves. By 17 30, the white population had barely moved, while the slave population was up to nearly 80 thousand.