The story begins with the issuing of French adventurers in the Tortuga Island, which was close to the Spanish colony of Santo Domingo.

As a result in the late 17th century, the French had de facto control of the island close to the Spanish colony.

The wars of Louis XIV of France in Europe finally convinced the Spaniards to give the island to the French under to the Treaty on Ryswick (1697).

By the late 17th century, the French made up 90% of the nation, with more than 1,000 settlers and their descendants (note that Haiti had a European past), but as the number of black people grew faster, they acceded to a mix between French and black people, which resulted in a fast growth of mulattos, although in some cases the mixing occurred two or more times.

[2] In 1791, the first revolt of slaves and mulattos occurred; this was driven primarily by desires for equal rights to blacks, the abolition of slavery, and a demand for increased equity between racial groups.