Haiti was wealthy because of its primary crops of sugar and coffee. France was making a generous amount of money off of Haiti because 40% of French and British sugar was imported by Haiti. The country also produced 50% of the world’s coffee. By the late 18th century, Haiti was worth more than the United sates and everything inside of the U.S. Haiti made such an ample profit because it used slaves as workers. There were around 500,000 slaves to help grow and ship the products. The monopoly on sugar and coffee gave Haiti more power to become
Haiti was wealthy because of its primary crops of sugar and coffee. France was making a generous amount of money off of Haiti because 40% of French and British sugar was imported by Haiti. The country also produced 50% of the world’s coffee. By the late 18th century, Haiti was worth more than the United sates and everything inside of the U.S. Haiti made such an ample profit because it used slaves as workers. There were around 500,000 slaves to help grow and ship the products. The monopoly on sugar and coffee gave Haiti more power to become