1791
1791: The outbreak of the St.-Domingue slave rebellion caused an immediate disruption to French slaving operations in ports north of the Congo River.
1791: The outbreak of the St.-Domingue slave rebellion 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