French immigration to Puerto Rico came about as a result of the economic and political situations which occurred in various places such as Louisiana, United States; Saint-Domingue, Haiti and in Europe
Portrait of Antoine Daubón y Dupuy
1839 illustration of the 1802 Battle of Crête-à-Pierrot
Restored structures at Hacienda Lealtad, a coffee plantation established by Plumey, a Frenchman, in Lares, Puerto Rico
Where slaves were kept (as punishment) on Plumey's hacienda
The Royal Decree of Graces of 1815 is a decree approved by the Spanish Crown in August 1815 to encourage Spaniards, and Europeans of non-Spanish origin but coming from countries in good standing with
French immigration to Puerto Rico
…United States; Saint-Domingue, Haiti and in Europe. Other important factors which encouraged French immigration to the island was the revival of the Royal Decree of Graces of 1815 in the late-19th century. The Spanish Crown decided that one of the ways to discourage pro-independence movements in Puerto Rico (and Cuba) was to allow…
Royal Decree of Graces of 1815 reprinted in St. Thomas (then part of the Danish West Indies)
Official edition issued by the Royal Press (Imprenta Real) in Madrid