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1767-Jan.-08 (approx.): Market prices for key commodities in Martinique were published, showing top-quality sugar valued at 58 livres.

HT-AFAM-1767-000045

1767-Jan.-08 (approx.): Market prices for key commodities in Martinique were published, showing top-quality sugar valued at 58 livres. New coffee was priced at 20 sous, while cocoa stood at 16 sous and cotton at 200 livres. These regional economic metrics allowed Saint-Domingue planters to compare their own production value against neighboring French territories. The data reflects the interconnected nature of the French Caribbean plantation economies during the mid-eighteenth century.

Source  ·  HT-AFAM-1767-000045 Affiches Américaines, 14 Feb. 1767 / Bates: HT-AFAM-1767-000045