Unlike other distilleries in Martinique who have more than a century of history, Neisson distillery was founded in the 20th century.
History
The commune of Carbet is located on the Caribbean coast in the north of Martinique. To the south of Carbet is the town of Bellefontaine, to the east of Morne Vert and Fonds-Saint-Denis and to its north of Saint-Pierre.
Le Carbet owes its name to the large huts where the Caribbean Indians used to meet. The hut today a vast hut, a model of collective housing in the Antilles.
Le Carbet is the land of Martinique which saw Martinique go from unknown in European maritime charts to an island in the Caribbean. It is indeed at Carbet, on June 15, 1502, that Christopher Columbus would have landed during his fourth and last trip "to the West Indies."
It was also in Saint-Pierre that the buccaneer Pierre-Belain d'Esnambuc took possession of the island with a hundred men. He placed his nephew Du Parquet there who built a brick house near the river and a chapel was consecrated to Saint Jacques around 1645.
Between 1666 and 1667, the English tried several times to seize Martinique through the commune of Carbet. It must be said that the rapid development of the city of Saint-Pierre aroused enormous envy, whether from the English or the Dutch. All English attempts are quickly contained by the French who defend body and soul an island in which they see enormous development potential.
Even today, you can see the English cannonball holes in the cliffs of Anse Turin, the scars of these fierce struggles.
The other major event of the commune of Carbet is the revolt of slaves of 1822. Indeed, on October 12, 1822, armed slaves decide to massacre all the Whites and Free of color that they come across. They plan to leave Carbet in the direction of Saint-Pierre. But their revolt is known and the plot is relayed to the masters who succeed in eradicating the movement in one day.
The commando, 20 in number, is executed in public. Several inhabitants of Carbet attend the executions.
Le Carbet is one of the first parishes of Martinique and will also be one of the first lands most deeply rooted in the Catholic religion.
The development of the city will be increasing thanks to its proximity to the city of Saint-Pierre, its markets and the presence of several sugar factories, agricultural dwellings and then rum distilleries.
Unfortunately, the eruption of Mount Pelée on May 8, 1902 marked a brake on the economic development of the commune of Carbet. Hard hit, it will take several decades to recover from its total destruction. In addition, the decline of the sugar economy and the conversion to the rum distillery at the expense of sugar will severely affect the city's economy.
Economy
Today, Carbet is a mainly agricultural town. Fishing and market gardening occupy a primordial place. But tourism is not left out.
It has several attractive historical places for tourists and those who want to know Martinique as well as possible in one of its municipalities with the oldest history and the determining factor for the island.
Neighborhoods
The municipality's main districts are Anse Latouche, Beauregard, Bel Event, Bout Bois, Dariste, Duvallon, Four, Godinot, Gros Coulirous, La Berlin, La Cafeiere, Lajus 1, Lajus 2, Lajus 3, Le Coin, Le Fromager, le Trou, Longvillier, Morne Aux Boeufs, Morne Gabillon and Petite Rivière.