Slave ancestry

On the island of Marie-Galante, the plaine des Galets had ideal conditions for the production of indigo, thanks to a climate that favoured the growth of indigo plants.

On the 24th and 25th of June 1849, during the first legislative elections in the West Indies, it is said that former emancipated slaves plundered the habitation Pirogue and spilled all the rum and sug

Created at the end of the seventeenth century, the habitation Roussel-Trianon was one of the first sugar refineries on the island of Marie-Galante, and used a windmill to grind sugarcane.

The habitation Murat was the largest sugar cane plantation in Guadeloupe.

The habitation la Mahaudière was a sugar refinery where slaves worked.

The Canal des Rotours is nearly 6 km long, and was dug under the bed of a small canal named Ravine des Coudes, to allow the drainage of the plain.

Stairs whose steps were built by slaves are located in Petit-Canal.