Diario las Américas

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island and of its native popula

tion, the Arawak Indians. At the

time they were estimated in about

one million persons. However,

practically all of them disappear

ed in the course of a few years,

either on the field of battle, or as

a reult of the hard labors to which

they were subjected. Father Bar

tolome de las Casas was horrified

by the cruel treatment accorded

to the Indians, and to save them

from complete exterminations he

obtained the consent of the Span

ish Crown to import African Ne

groes, whom he believed better

able to withstand the hardships of

slavery.

French association with the Is

land began about the year 1625,

when buccaneers, preying upon

Spanish shipping in the Caribbean,

occupied the small island of La

(Tortuga), off the northwest coast.

Subsequently, thi3 occupation was

extended to the western portion of

Hispaniola itself, and legalized by

the Treaty of Ryswick of 1697,

whereby Spain ceded this territory

to France.

Under the energetic administra

tion of France, Saint Domingue, as

the French called their new pos

session, became one of the most

valuable and prosperous colonies

of the Antilles, producing large

quantities of sugar, indigo, coffee,

and cotton. The prosperity of the

island was due in great measure to

the work of the slaves, lafge num

bers of whom continued to be in

troduced annually from Africa.

By 1789 the population of Hai

ti was divided into three distinct

classes: the whites, numbering

about 30,000; the emancipated class

including mulatoes and free ne

groes, totalling 40,000 and the

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Diario las Américas. (1957). Miami, Fla.;Miami Springs, Fla., 1957-10-15. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82001257/1957-10-15/ed-1/?sp=10

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Diario las Américas, 1957-10-15.