Law closes the port of Anse d’Hainault

In 1817 the Anse d’Hainault was already ranked among the communes. This village is situated on the bay that bore the name of a colonist whose habitation lay in the vicinity; it was substituted for that of the Ilet à Pierre Joseph at the evacuation of the English in 1798. Its port having been opened to foreign trade, the village had grown greatly. The law of 25 April 1826 closed the port; from then on the territory of the Anse d’Hainault depended on the financial administration of the Cayes. It now depends financially on that of Jérémie. Reopened by the laws of 20 September 1831 and 8 November 1876, closed again by those of 27 September 1836 and 2 October 1849 and in 1879, the port of the Anse d’Hainault has finally remained a port of call since the law of 18 September 1885, which permits foreign ships to go from an open port to take on their return cargo of logwood, under the supervision of an employee of the administration of Jérémie, on condition that, once their cargo is taken or completed, they come to the nearest open port, which is Jérémie, to take their clearance. Every…

Rouzier tells this under the entry Anse d’Hainault (l’).