Chapter Ii. Historical Sketch--Colonial Vicissitudes--1533 to 1801

Decline of the colony--English attacks on Santo Domingo City--Settlement of Tortuga by freebooters--French settlements in western Santo Domingo--Border wars--Cession of western coast to France--Return of prosperity--Effect of French Revolution--Negro uprising in French Santo Domingo--Rise of Toussaint l'Ouverture--Cession of Spanish Santo Domingo to France--Evacuation by Spain.