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Saint-Domingue is the French equivalent of the Spanish term Santo Domingo . Spain once controlled the entire island of Hispaniola , which was also known as Santo Domingo. But in the Treaty Of Ryswick in 1697 , Spain recognised that France had established control of the western one-third of its territory. 19th and early 20th century U.S. and British authors often referred to Saint-Domingue as "St. Domingo" or "San Domingo," which can lead to confusion with the former Spanish colony which is today the Dominican Republic . The name was changed to Haiti when Jean-Jacques Dessalines declared Independence from the French in 1804. Like the term Haiti itself, Saint-Domingue may sometimes be used to refer to all of Hispaniola , but sometimes only to the western part now occupied by the Republic of Haiti. External links
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