San Domang - The War of Knives

The opening of san domang was supposed to be a boon to the merchant fortunes, and instead it was a deflated bust. The merchandise british and americans carried into le cap went unsold, and the mountains of coffee and sugar they were supposed to be picking up did not materialize. Dusson's attempt to revitalize the plantation system ran into a trifecta of problems: First, there was his own need to keep as many young men under arms as possible. And third, the unwillingness of the cultivators to work themselves to death to maximi and coffee exports.