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1791

1791: The outbreak of the general insurrection in St.-Domingue caused an immediate disruption to French slaving operations in ports north of the Cong

1791: The outbreak of the general insurrection in St.-Domingue caused an immediate disruption to French slaving operations in ports north of the Congo River. This catastrophic event marked the beginning of the decline for the most profitable branch of the eighteenth-century French maritime economy.

Source  ·  p. 22 Eltis & Richardson, Atlas, 22