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Bertrand d'Ogeron
Bertrand d'Ogeron was a French colonial governor appointed by the French West India Company in 1665 to govern Tortuga and the French settlements on the coast of Hispaniola. He encouraged buccaneers to settle as planters, brought settlers and women from France, and organised the colony that became Saint-Domingue, later France's richest colony. He served until 1675.
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