1959: (Class Zone IV — 49 Percent of the Urban Population — Class Zone IV Being the Largest Portion at 49 Percent or 91,000 People Living in the Northern Par…

1959: (Class Zone IV — 49 Percent of the Urban Population — Class Zone IV Being the Largest Portion at 49 Percent or 91,000 People Living in the Northern Part of Old City Near the Business District Including Bel-Air Hill the Cathedral and LaSaline, Comhaire-Sylvain Mapping 87 Ounfò Seven Protestant Churches Ten Night Clubs and a “Strong African Influence” — in LaSaline Where She Conducted 2,721 Questionnaires Most “Proud” Respondents Being Illiterate Homeowners of Homes They Built with a Preference for Plasaj, Three-Fourths of Women Naming “Trading” as Their Profession): Class Zone IV was the largest portion of the urban population, making up 49 percent (91,000) of people living in different types of homes across the northern part of old city, near the business district, including Bel-Air Hill and the Cathedral, and a stretch of alluvial ground known as LaSaline, recently reclaimed from the sea. In this crescent cartography, Comhaire-Sylvain mapped eighty-seven ounfò (Vodou temples), seven Protestant churches, ten night clubs, and a strong African influence marked by celebrations and the singular use of Kreyòl. In LaSaline, where she conducted 2,721 questionnaires, most of the proud respondents were illiterate homeowners of homes that they built, who documented a preference for plasaj. Most members of the community were self-employed, with three-fourths of the women naming trading as their profession — the women of LaSaline were not waiting for the LFAS to define them; they had already built their houses, named their professions, and chosen their domestic arrangements.