Saint-Domingue was a French colony from 1697 to 1804 that is today the independent nation of Haiti.

Saint-Domingue is the French version of the Spanish term Santo Domingo,(the equivalent would be Saint-Dominique or even Saint-Dimanche). Spain once controlled the entire island of Hispaniola, which was also known as Santo Domingo. But in the Treaty of Ryswick in 1697, Spain recognised that France had established control of the western one-third of its territory.

In the 19th and early 20th century, American and British authors often referred to Saint-Domingue as "St. Domingo" or "San Domingo," which can lead to confusion with the former Spanish colony which is today the Dominican Republic.

The name was changed to Haiti when Jean-Jacques Dessalines declared independence from the French in 1804. Like the term Haiti itself, Saint-Domingue may sometimes be used to refer to all of Hispaniola, but sometimes only to the western part now occupied by the Republic of Haiti.

External links

• The Louverture Project: Saint-Domingue - Saint-Domingue page on Haitian history Wiki.

Former French colonies | History of Haiti | 1697 establishments | 1804 disestablishments

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