1679–1819: Saint-Domingue emerged as the premier disembarkation center for enslaved Africans in the Caribbean until its plantation regime was destroyed by th…

1679–1819: Saint-Domingue emerged as the premier disembarkation center for enslaved Africans in the Caribbean until its plantation regime was destroyed by the Haitian Revolution. The colony drew the vast majority of its labor from Senegambia, the Bight of Benin, and West Central Africa, regions where French merchants maintained a dominant presence. All major French Atlantic ports identified Saint-Domingue as their primary and most profitable market in the Americas during the eighteenth century. Over 770,000 captives were forcibly landed in the colony to support its immense output of sugar, coffee, and indigo.