Dear beautiful readers:

We are so full of joy because we have finished the French sugar model today. We have discovered elements of the consumption side of the sugar produced in Saint Domingue during the 18th century. It has been a remarkable research week. We have focused all our efforts on providing the different geopolitical conditions occurring in parallel to the planters’ production of sugar in Saint Domingue, and why the West Indies sugar was so important for the French Bourbon monarchy. Right before the French Revolution, Saint Domingue was sending between 150 and 180 million pounds of sugar to the French Ports. The core of the sugar production was the plantation estate French Model, which achieved “the” highest productivity and efficiency at the top level, never before in the colonial era. By the end of the 18th century, Saint Domingue was the leading-edge colony processing sugar. On average, each Saint-Domingue sugar plantation yielded around 240, 000 pounds of sugar based on slavery, and we will discover all the whereabouts of the demand for sugar in Europe and how this happened. We will also explain the situation of the Haitian Revolution and the case of Toussaint Louverture from the Breda Plantations. Finally, Haiti declared independence on January 1, 1804.
Our master class agenda is below:

1. The French Bourbon Monarchy was colonizing North America slowly
2. The Saint Domingue Sugar Business: The planters’ production
3. The French Business of re-exports and refining (the markets)
4. The Haitian Revolution-The case of Toussaint Louverture and the Breda Plantations
5. The end of Slavery in the Caribbean

The preparation material for your class is below. Proceed to download the PDF material, print it, take notes, and ask yourself questions. Follow the bibliography on the Internet, and download additional papers if needed. It is great to learn with your friends, family, acquaintances, professors, and everyone that you can touch with the light of knowledge.

We kindly ask that you return next Monday, February 23rd, 2026, to review our extra strategic reflections on this chapter.
We encourage our readers to familiarize themselves with our Friday master class by reviewing the slides over the weekend. We expect you to create ideas that are or are not strategic reflections. Every Monday, we upload our strategic inferences below. These will be discussed in the next paragraph. Only then will you be able to compare your own reflections with our introspection.

Additional strategic reflections on this episode. These will be in the section below on Monday, February 23rd, 2026.

Closing words.
Our genuine intention with these two episodes about Saint-Domingue is to show you the economic foundations of an incorrect business model that was totally smashed with the first global revolution on earth. The French Revolution didn´t happen only in France. It was a global phenomenon. It took place in every single colony France held. The Haitian rebellion was hyper-violent, but it also coincided with the period when steam engines were being tested for the industrialization of sugar mills. At the time of King Louis XVI, the French Bourbon royal family was the yardstick by which every single kingdom was judged, and when the Bourbon system was attacked in Europe, the damaging domino effect was transferred to the French West Indies, and it touched the core of the economic wealth of the French Empire. Bonaparte simply gave up Louisiana in 1803, in his effort to contain the collateral damage to the Bourbons. When the cause of a kingdom’s wealth is a wrong business model (cruel slavery, sickness, inequality, and poverty for the workers), the reaction against it is always global and devastating. The French Atlantic economic system was shattered to the core of its existence. Just imagine what could happen in the future if we don´t fix our wrong business models used with the incorrect premises of the new AI digital begging era? Oh, Mon Dieu!

Announcement. Next week, we will continue with the first of two episodes about the sugar plantations of Cuba during the 19th century.

Musical Section.
During our closing bonus season V, we will return to the symphonic, philharmonic, or chamber orchestra compositions. Today, we will make an exception to this rule. In my quest to find a good representative of the Haitian classic orchestras, I found a saxophonist, Ketlersax. According to @Ketlersax, he is a renowned saxophonist, composer, and educator known for his blend of passion and cultural soul. With an international musical background, he has recently released a piece called Konpa-Cowboy. I share it below. Ketlersax work is so captivating that I would love to hear an acoustic version, with a traditional arrangement made for a symphonic orchestra, too. Enjoy the konpa rhythm!

Thank you for reading http://www.eleonoraescalantestrategy.com. It is a privilege to learn. Blessings.

Sources of reference and Bibliography utilized today. All are listed in the slide document. Additional material will be added when we upload the strategic reflections.

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