AN
H I S T O R I C A L
S U R V E Y
OF THE
FRENCH
COLONY IN THE
I S L A N D
OF
ST.
D O M I N G O :
COMPREHENDING A S H O R T A C C O U N T OF I T S A N C I E N T POLITICAL
STATE,
GOVERNMENT,
POPULATION,
PRODUCTIONS, AND EXPORTS; A N A R R A T I V E OF T H E CALAMITIES W H I C H HAVE DESOLATED T H E C O U N T R Y EVER SINCE T H E YEAR 1 7 8 9 , WITH
SOME
REFLECTIONS
ON
PROBABLE
THEIR
CAUSES
AND
CONSEQUENCES;
AND
A D E T A I L OF T H E M I L I T A R Y
TRANSACTIONS
OF T H E B R I T I S H ARMY IN T H A T ISLAND TO T H E END OF 1794.
BY BRYAN
EDWARDS,
E S Q . M . P . F . R . S . &c.
AUTHOR OF THE HISTORY OF THE BRITISH COLONIES IN THE WEST INDIES.
LONDON: PRINTED
FOR J O H N S T O C K D A L E ,
PICCADILLY.
1797.
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