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211:(1713), fortifications, appointments, complaints, trade restrictions and relations with Spain (which occupied the east of the island). Blenac was given strict instructions to prevent foreign trade, which was difficult in Saint-Domingue given the great length of the coastline from which ships could carry goods to and from Jamaica.
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to supply slaves to the
Spanish colonies. However, the French traders in slaves from Africa were less efficient than the English and Dutch slavers, so there was a shortage of slaves in the French island colonies, and prices were considerably higher. This created a strong incentive for the planters to
179:, who had acted as governor after Gabaret's death. Blenac found the colony at peace, since under the Treaty of Utrecht the English had left. However, there were constant squabbles over land among the settler families. Blenac had three subordinate governors, that of Saint-Louis on
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In 1713 Brenac and Mithon reported that the town of Léogâne, founded two years earlier, was growing rapidly. They were doing all they could to encourage settlers to build in the town. There was difficulty in obtaining bricks for barracks and
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On 1 January 1714 the king signed an order making the leeward islands independent of the windward islands. A letter of 10 January 1714 from the
Secretary of State for the Navy informed Blénac of the death of
223:. Lemaire had started a brick making factory at considerable cost but with no result. The right soil had not been found, and the bricks crumbled into small pieces in the rain. De Champ had better results at
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in the
Windward Islands, and had more difficulty pursuing the smugglers. His health could not cope with the tropical climate, and he asked for recall to France.
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in the king's army, in 1669 became a ship's captain, and in 1677 was made governor and lieutenant general of the French
Islands and all the lands of America.
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for the east coast, and that of Sainte-Croix for the north coast. The Count of
Arguyan, who had been acting governor, resumed his post at the
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Nobiliare universel de France, ou recueil général des généalogies historiques des maisons nobles de ce royaume
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France had formally acquired Saint-Domingue in 1697, and in 1701 had secured an
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Blénac was offered the position of Governor of Saint-Domingue to replace
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ignore the French monopoly and buy slaves from the English and Dutch.
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66:Charles Joubert de La Bastide
233:Raymond Balthazar Phélypeaux
132:Charles de Courbon de Blénac
43:13 June 1713 – 1716
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173:Nicolas de Gabaret
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185:Les Cayes
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39:In office
384:Schemmel
245:Duquesne
89:, France
637:"Haiti"
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