A short but informative piece on a steam engine brought to Haiti in 1818. Although it was meant to be used to power a sugar mill, it apparently was never utilized by Hannibal Price, an Englishman who brought it to the island. Charles Dupuy's "Les Malheurs de la Bourgeoisie Nationale" lists it as an example of the visionary Haitian bourgeoisie, even though sugar production never really took off in this case. Despite never being put to use, it does show how the so-called 'national bourgeoisie' in the Haitian case did indeed invest in new technology and, at least, try to develop agriculture and industry. It's a shame the steam engine is not preserved in a museum.
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