Valuation of properties (including slaves) on Haitian plantations 1791
The combined value of all plantations, buildings and assets of the French territory of St Domingue (present-day Haiti) in 1791 was estimated to be 1.5 billion livres*. With a population of 455 thousand, at an average of 2.5 thousand livres each, black slaves were assigned a combined value of 1.14 billion livres; over three quarters of all assets on the St Domingue's plantations.
At this time, St Domingue was regarded as the most valuable overseas colony in the Caribbean, producing sixty percent of the world's coffee, a significant share of the world's sugar, and it was home to roughly half of the Caribbean's slave population. 1791 in Haiti is a significant point in world history, as it marked the beginning of the Haitian Revolution; this slave insurrection eventually led to a 13 year conflict, where the former-slaves won their freedom and founded the world's only country ever established by a slave revolt.
At this time, St Domingue was regarded as the most valuable overseas colony in the Caribbean, producing sixty percent of the world's coffee, a significant share of the world's sugar, and it was home to roughly half of the Caribbean's slave population. 1791 in Haiti is a significant point in world history, as it marked the beginning of the Haitian Revolution; this slave insurrection eventually led to a 13 year conflict, where the former-slaves won their freedom and founded the world's only country ever established by a slave revolt.
