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1670

1670: French boucaniers begin transitioning from subsistence farming to tobacco exploitation.

1670: French boucaniers begin transitioning from subsistence farming to tobacco exploitation. This shift toward cash crops laid the foundation for the plantation-oriented economy of Saint-Domingue.

Source  ·  p. 13 Fick, The Making of Haiti, 13