Le Cap rivaled Boston in size but its population was mostly enslaved

Evidence

Le Cap was the size of Boston. It had a population of 18,850, though several thousand of these were soldiers and the majority of the rest were slaves. Its fifty-six streets were organized in a grid, marked with signs and street numbers, and in the wealthiest part of town close to the port were partially paved. There were imposing buildings scattered throughout Le Cap … To the south, in a neighborhood called “Petite Guinée,” free people of color were concentrated, although others lived elsewhere in the town. In contrast to the other cities of the colony, notably Port-au-Prince, most of Le Cap’s 1,400 houses were built of stone. — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 89

Categorization

• XREF: The neighborhood name Petite Guinée and its Afro-descendant concentration prefigures the cultural geography of the Haitian Revolution proper. — connects to: Colonial Le Cap enforced rigid racial hierarchy even in its theaters — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 92; Saint-Domingue’s slave population vastly outnumbered free residents; Le Cap’s theater enforced strict racial segregation even among free people of color — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 92 (+1 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Colonial Le Cap enforced rigid racial hierarchy even in its theaters — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 92; Saint-Domingue’s slave population vastly outnumbered free residents; Le Cap’s theater enforced strict racial segregation even among free people of color — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 92 (+1 more)