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What was one way immigrants from Saint-Domingue affected Louisiana's economy?

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The large influx of Saint-Domingue immigrants helped to further develop Louisiana's nascent sugar industry. In the late 1790s sugar planters, such as Etienne Bore, used Haitian refining techniques to successfully granulate sugar. This development made the crop more profitable.

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