British expedition to Saint-Domingue
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The British expedition to Saint-Domingue was a major late-18th-century military campaign in the Haitian Revolution, in which Britain intervened in the French colony of Saint-Domingue seeking to seize control amid widespread slave uprisings and revolutionary turmoil.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| British expedition to Saint-Domingue canonical | 1 |
| British invasion of Saint-Domingue | 1 |
| British withdrawal from Saint-Domingue | 1 |
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Target entity: British expedition to Saint-Domingue Context triple: [British Expeditionary Forces, notableDeployment, British expedition to Saint-Domingue]
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Haitian Revolution
The Haitian Revolution was a late-18th- to early-19th-century slave uprising in the French colony of Saint-Domingue that led to the abolition of slavery there and the establishment of Haiti as the first Black republic and the first successful slave-led state in the modern world.
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Bourmont expedition of 1830
The Bourmont expedition of 1830 was a French military campaign led by General Louis de Bourmont against Algiers, which initiated France’s colonial conquest of Algeria.
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Canton Campaign
The Canton Campaign, also known as the Battle of Guangzhou, was a key 19th-century military engagement in southern China involving Western powers and Qing forces during the era of the Opium Wars.
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Siege of Cap-Français
The Siege of Cap-Français was a key 1793 military confrontation during the Haitian Revolution in which revolutionary forces challenged French colonial control of the important northern port city.
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Savannah Campaign
The Savannah Campaign was a major Union military operation during the American Civil War in which General William Tecumseh Sherman led his forces on a destructive march across Georgia to cripple the Confederacy’s war capacity.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: British expedition to Saint-Domingue Target entity description: The British expedition to Saint-Domingue was a major late-18th-century military campaign in the Haitian Revolution, in which Britain intervened in the French colony of Saint-Domingue seeking to seize control amid widespread slave uprisings and revolutionary turmoil.
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A.
Haitian Revolution
The Haitian Revolution was a late-18th- to early-19th-century slave uprising in the French colony of Saint-Domingue that led to the abolition of slavery there and the establishment of Haiti as the first Black republic and the first successful slave-led state in the modern world.
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B.
Bourmont expedition of 1830
The Bourmont expedition of 1830 was a French military campaign led by General Louis de Bourmont against Algiers, which initiated France’s colonial conquest of Algeria.
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C.
Canton Campaign
The Canton Campaign, also known as the Battle of Guangzhou, was a key 19th-century military engagement in southern China involving Western powers and Qing forces during the era of the Opium Wars.
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D.
Siege of Cap-Français
The Siege of Cap-Français was a key 1793 military confrontation during the Haitian Revolution in which revolutionary forces challenged French colonial control of the important northern port city.
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E.
Savannah Campaign
The Savannah Campaign was a major Union military operation during the American Civil War in which General William Tecumseh Sherman led his forces on a destructive march across Georgia to cripple the Confederacy’s war capacity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British military intervention
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event in the Haitian Revolution ⓘ military campaign ⓘ |
| conflict | Haitian Revolution ⓘ |
| conflictType |
colonial war
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intervention in a slave revolt ⓘ |
| endTime | 1798 ⓘ |
| goal |
control of profitable sugar plantations
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seizure of Saint-Domingue from France ⓘ weakening of Revolutionary France ⓘ |
| hasCause |
British desire to seize French Caribbean colonies
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French Revolution ⓘ French revolutionary turmoil ⓘ War of the First Coalition ⓘ slave uprisings in Saint-Domingue ⓘ |
| influenced |
British imperial policy in the Caribbean
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course of the Haitian Revolution ⓘ |
| location |
Caribbean
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Hispaniola ⓘ French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ
surface form:
Saint-Domingue
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| opponent |
Black insurgent forces in Saint-Domingue
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French Republican forces ⓘ Toussaint Louverture ⓘ tropical diseases ⓘ yellow fever ⓘ |
| opposedBy | abolitionist sentiment in Britain ⓘ |
| participant |
France
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French Republic ⓘ French royalists in Saint-Domingue ⓘ Great Britain ⓘ Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ Toussaint Louverture ⓘ enslaved rebels in Saint-Domingue ⓘ |
| partOf |
French Revolutionary Wars
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Haitian Revolution ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
abolition of slavery in the French colonies
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rise of independent Haiti ⓘ |
| result |
British expedition to Saint-Domingue
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
British withdrawal from Saint-Domingue
consolidation of Black control over much of Saint-Domingue ⓘ failure of British attempt to conquer Saint-Domingue ⓘ heavy British casualties ⓘ strengthening of Toussaint Louverture’s position ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
British alliance with some French planters and royalists
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British occupation of coastal towns in Saint-Domingue ⓘ epidemics among British troops ⓘ series of battles between British forces and insurgent armies ⓘ |
| startTime | 1793 ⓘ |
| temporalContext | late 18th century ⓘ |
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Subject: British expedition to Saint-Domingue Description of subject: The British expedition to Saint-Domingue was a major late-18th-century military campaign in the Haitian Revolution, in which Britain intervened in the French colony of Saint-Domingue seeking to seize control amid widespread slave uprisings and revolutionary turmoil.
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