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Martinique & Guadeloupe (French)

1635 – present
ColonyNorth America

The heart of the French sugar Antilles.

Martinique fell to Britain in 1794 (until 1802); Victor Hugues retook Guadeloupe and proclaimed abolition there in 1794.

Borders in 2026 · drawn from 3 sourced border frames
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Borders over time

The atlas holds 3 border frames for Martinique & Guadeloupe (French) — the shape you scrub through changes in 1635 · 1823 · 1934.

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