What is Saint-Domingue?
[[File:SaintDomingue.360.jpg|thumb|Map of Saint-Domingue, of 1789]] '''Saint-Domingue''' was the name of a [[French colonial empire|French colony]] on the island of [[Hispaniola]]. The colony existed from 1659 to 1804. In the [[Peace of Ryswick]], the Spanish gave about a third of the island to the French. In 1804, the colony became independent, and took the name [[Haiti]]. The other part of the island was called [[Captaincy General of Santo Domingo|Santo Domingo]], and is the [[Dominican Republic]] today. == Related pages == *[[Haitian Revolution]] [[Category:History of Haiti]] [[Category:Former colonies in North America]] [[Category:French colonial empire]] {{Multistub|history|North America}}