1767-Feb.-07: The merchant ships La Colombe and L’Aimable-Thérèse departed from the port of Cap-Français bound for Saint-Malo with cargoes of colonial goods.

1767-Feb.-07: The merchant ships La Colombe and L’Aimable-Thérèse departed from the port of Cap-Français bound for Saint-Malo with cargoes of colonial goods. On the same day, the vessel La Comtesse-de-Brionne set sail for Dunkerque, expanding the colony’s reach to northern French commercial centers. These departures completed the final leg of the mercantilist exchange, transporting sugar, coffee, and indigo to European consumers. The regular rotation of such vessels was the primary mechanism for transferring the colony’s vast agricultural wealth to the metropole.