The Haitian economy along with the economy of many other nations were greatly impacted by the Haitian Revolution. The French colony Saint Domingue with its tropical climate, whose export depended on farming and trading. Saint-Domingue produced over 60 percent of the world’s coffee and 40 percent of the world’s sugar, causing it to be a very profitable plantation colony. The economy was fueled by the slavery of the Haitian people which resulted in the revolution. The Haitian Revolution had made a colony with abundant resources into a nation with crippling debt. The devastation of war and burning of crops and plantations put a further strain on the commerce of the country. It is seen in Document 9 where it is shown how the bloody revolution
