Comunauté des Religieuses Filles de Notre Dame du Cap-Francais

Comunauté des Religieuses Filles de Notre Dame du Cap-Francais was a convent in Cap-Français in Saint-Domingue, active from 1731 to 1793. It was a public institution which functioned as a refuge for women and a school for girls, presumable the only such institution in the colony. The convent was founded in November 1731 by the order of Mère Jeanne Lestonnac from Bordeaux in France: the order had connections to the Jesuits, and the members in the colony were referred to as jesuitine. They wore a black habit. The convent was likely destroyed during the Pillage of Cap-Français in June 1793.

Comunauté des Religieuses Filles de Notre Dame du Cap-Francais

Comunauté des Religieuses Filles de Notre Dame du Cap-Francais was a convent in Cap-Français in Saint-Domingue, active from 1731 to 1793. It was a public institution which functioned as a refuge for women and a school for girls, presumable the only such institution in the colony. The convent was founded in November 1731 by the order of Mère Jeanne Lestonnac from Bordeaux in France: the order had connections to the Jesuits, and the members in the colony were referred to as jesuitine. They wore a black habit. The convent was likely destroyed during the Pillage of Cap-Français in June 1793.