The Queen prays to the gods for her first and only girl child. The gods readily grant her wish conditioned upon her payment of a great sacrificial price. Sadly, the Queen pays this price after her infant daughter is captured by French slave merchants. The Queen's girl child continues on a journey of struggle and pain in the strange new land of Saint-Domingue. She develops courageous tenacity and strength along the way. Through steadfast resilience, the last princess of Saint-Domingue soon becomes the first daughter of Haiti.