Diario las Américas

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Lokking inland from the harbor,

the visitor can see the breath-tak

ing panorama of the plains and

mountains, unchanged since the

Great Admiral described it, in

eloquent words, in his diary, as

follows “The high and rocky

mountains on either side of the

harbor rose from among noble for

ests and swept down into luxur

iant plains and cultivated fields,

and the rich and smiling valley be

tween the two mountains ran far

into the interior.”

In the nearby islands, more than j

a century later, English, French j

and Dutch corsairs lay in wait to

pounce on richly -laden Spanish

galleons en route across the At

latnic. From their island hiding

place, lie de la Tortue, French

buccaneers came to the larger is

land and founded Cap Francais,

later re-named Cap-Haitien, in 16-

70. By the middle of the 18th cen

tury it had become France’s

wealthiest colonial capital and

Saint Domingue was counted the

richest colonial possession in the

world. The exuberant, productive

Plain-du-Nord and the Artibonite

Valley supplied half of Europe

with sugar and cocoa. On their

vast plantations of cotton, indigo,

sugar, cocoa and coffee cul

tivated by myriads of slaves

French Creole planters lived like

kings. Their display of wealth on

sojourns in Paris gave rise to the

expression “as rich as a Creole.”

Whehn the French Revolution

came, the “Paris of Saint Domin

gue” overnight became a stage

alike for heroic events and for

barbaric excesses in the great

struggle for human liberty. The

old French fountain which still

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Diario las Américas. (1956). Miami, Fla.;Miami Springs, Fla., 1956-10-26. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82001257/1956-10-26/ed-1/?sp=10

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Diario las Américas, 1956-10-26.