At the first uprising of the slaves almost all the cultivations were destroyed. When Toussaint Louverture had reestablished order he devoted the greater part of his attention to agriculture, and even at the present day the prosperity of the country under his administration is highly spoken of. According to Mr. Vollée, who was Administrateur Général des Finances, the total products from 1800 to 1801 were: White sugar, 16,540 lbs.; brown sugar, 18,518,572 lbs.; coffee, 43,220,270 lbs.; cotton, 2,480,340 lbs.; indigo, 804 lbs.; cocoa, 648,518 lbs.; logwood, 6,768,634 lbs.; lignum vitæ, 75,519 lbs. The war of independence which began at the end of 1802 was a war of extermination. Both parties killed, burned, and destroyed all that stood in their way. When the Haitians at last became masters of the land which they had watered with their blood, all the magnificent plantations, sugar-houses, mills, the very towns, were one mass of ruins. Everything had to be built up afresh in this devastated land. Although in constant fear of an aggression from France, the Haitians courageously set to work. In 1824 they exported the following products: Coffee, 44,270,000 lbs.; cotton, 1,028,000 lbs.; cocoa, 461,000 lbs.; tobacco, 718,000 lbs.; logwood, 3,567,000 lbs.; mahogany, 2,181,000 ft.
Their exports in 1838 were as follows: Coffee, 49,820,241 lbs.; cotton, 1,170,175 lbs.; cocoa, 453,418 lbs.; tobacco, 1,995,049 lbs.; logwood, 7,888,936 lbs.; mahogany, 4,880,873 ft.[1]
From 1st October, 1903, to 30th September, 1904, the exports were as follows: Coffee, 1st grade, 81,407,346 lbs.; inferior quality, 4,805,281 lbs.; total, 86,212,627 lbs. Cotton, 3,017,014 lbs.; cocoa, 5,028,615 lbs.; logwood, 154,466,658 lbs.; mahogany, 30,576 ft.; lignum vitæ, 4,982,502 lbs.; cedar, 1,499,750 lbs.; cotton seed, 275,847 lbs.; wax, 228,612 lbs.; goat skins, 224,786 lbs.; pite (textile), 63,825 lbs.; honey, 22,044 gallons; cabinet wood, 770,650 ft.; ox skins, 252,392 lbs.; copper, 24,356 lbs.; horses and mules, 1,414; oxen, 1,521.
- ↑ B. Ardouin, Vol. II, p. 238.
