The 19th century Napoleonean era was not good for Deshaies because it was the zone in which a Caribbean empire developed.
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Robert Charlebois (Québécois singer) had his house towards Grand-Anse beach, the largest beach of Guadeloupe.
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The late French comedian Coluche's house, which dominated bay of Deshaies, has been transformed into botanical park.
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Thirty years later, four years after the abolition of slavery, there remained only one sugar plantation, Guyonneau, belonging to Caillou.