Léogane. Treaty signed there between the governor, the intendant and the planters risen against the Company of the Indies.

From 1720 to 1724 the colony was gravely agitated by disturbances set off by the exclusive privilege that the Company of the Indies held over the slave trade. The habitans rose, burned the company’s property while protesting their loyalty to the King, and arrested Governor de Sorel. These troubles were calmed only by a treaty signed at Léogane on 27 December 1722 between the Governor and the Intendant, M. de Montholon, on the one side and the insurgent enslavers on the other; and by the arrival of a squadron under the orders of M. de Champmêlin, who carried the powers of Louis XV to put an end to the insurrection. The colony nevertheless remained agitated until 1728, when the privileges of the companies ceased. Thereafter Saint-Domingue went on from prosperity to prosperity.