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4.01- Saint-Domingue

Revolutions

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The Big Whites and the Slaves

The sugar, coffee and indigo plantations turned san domain into the single most lucrative colony in the new world. Consumers back in europe became addicted to both sugar and coffee. The big whites were at the very top of the colonial pyramid. Carbian life was dangerous with its tropical diseases,. tonous with its never changing seasons and oppressive heat; boring, with only a few gambling dens in brothels to keep you entertained.

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