Skip to content
🇭🇹   BETA  ·  Istwanou is free during beta — free access continues until January 1, 2027 or when we reach 100,000 entries, whichever comes first.  ·  4,236 entries published  ·  95,764 entries away from the 100k milestone.       🇭🇹   BETA  ·  Istwanou is free during beta — free access continues until January 1, 2027 or when we reach 100,000 entries, whichever comes first.  ·  4,236 entries published  ·  95,764 entries away from the 100k milestone.       
You are offline — some content may not be available
1767-Feb.-04

1767-Feb.-04: An influential essay from the Gazette de la Martinique argued that “noble emulation” among citizens was essential for improving the arts, scien…

HT-AFAM-1767-000038

1767-Feb.-04: An influential essay from the Gazette de la Martinique argued that “noble emulation” among citizens was essential for improving the arts, sciences, and colonial agriculture. The author praised Saint-Domingue’s journals for being filled with practical information that encouraged general prosperity and shared knowledge. It urged the cultivation of alternative crops by poor white families and free people of color on small or arid plots that were unsuitable for large plantations. This strategy was presented as the best means to increase the colony’s population and bring value to underutilized mountain territories.

Source  ·  HT-AFAM-1767-000038 Affiches Américaines, 4 Feb. 1767 / Bates: HT-AFAM-1767-000038