Regional isolation preserved distinct creole dialects and customs in southern Saint-Domingue.

Evidence

Moreau noted that the customs in this region were different from those elsewhere in the colony, as was the creole spoken there. The clothes of the residents had changed little since the first European settlers had arrived. — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 107

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

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• Saint-Domingue’s colonists were more creole than French in interests and identity (similarity 0.86)
• Saint-Domingue’s prosperity flowed from defying metropolitan trade regulation (similarity 0.83)
• Moreau’s exile-era writing captured a colony already transformed by revolution. (similarity 0.78)