Who lived on Hispaniola in the late 1700s?

In the late 1700s, Hispaniola was inhabited primarily by people of African descent, including enslaved individuals who worked on plantations, as well as free people of color. The island was divided between the French-controlled western part, known as Saint-Domingue, and the Spanish eastern part, known as Santo Domingo. The population also included European colonists, indigenous people, and a growing number of mulattoes, who were of mixed African and European ancestry. This diverse demographic laid the groundwork for the Haitian Revolution, which began in 1791.