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Saint Domingue was a French colony before its independence, which came to be known as Haiti. French influence began in 1625, and they named it Saint-Domingue. Saint Domingue was one of the most prosperous France colonies, generating enormous amounts of sugar, coffee and depended on a slave for the labor. It was the leader of Haitian Revolution Toussaint Louverture, after getting independence from the French in 1804 changed the name into Haiti.