African enslaved persons outnumbered free people 10 to 1 in Saint-Domingue, which led to

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African enslaved persons outnumbered free people 10 to 1 in Saint-Domingue, which led to

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Trevor Barajas · Answer 1

African enslaved persons outnumbered free people 10 to 1 in Saint-Domingue, which led to a "slave uprising". Although there were several of these in the colonial Caribbean, they were not as common as one would expect given the skewed ration of slaves to free people.