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In 1665, French colonization of the island was officially recognized by King Louis XIV.
The French colony was given the name Saint-Domingue.
In the 1697 Treaty of Ryswick, Spain formally ceded the western third of the island to France.
Saint-Domingue quickly came to overshadow the east in both wealth and population.
Nicknamed the " Pearl of the Antilles ," it became the richest and most prosperous colony in the West Indies, with a slave society based on sugar cane production when demand for sugar was high in Europe.
It was an important port in the Americas for goods and products flowing to and from France and Europe.
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