LES INDIGOTERIES DE LA CÔTE EST DE MARIE-GALANTE, ROUTE DE L’ESCLAVE

Proposé par Les Indigoteries de la côte est de Marie-Galante, ROUTE DE L’ESCLAVE
Les Galets

97140 Capesterre-de-Marie-Galante

ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION

The East of Marie-Galante, the driest sector of the island, presents a vast coastal plain called " Les Galets ". In the 17th century and in the first half of the 18th century, it was a choice sector for the production of indigo, a blue dye obtained from a shrub known as indigo.