Death’s constant presence shaped the sensory experience of Saint-Domingue towns
Evidence
The dead were inescapable in Saint-Domingue, as Moreau lamented in describing the entrance to one town where the sight of a pleasant fountain was offset by the cemetery beside it. It was as if a vow had been taken always to strike travelers with the “lugubrious” presence of the departed. — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 56
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Category: Factual Claims