Napoleonic expedition to Saint-Domingue

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French military expedition colonial war military campaign

The Napoleonic expedition to Saint-Domingue was a French military campaign (1802–1803) sent by Napoleon Bonaparte to reassert control over the colony and restore slavery, which ultimately failed and paved the way for Haiti’s independence.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Napoleonic expedition to Saint-Domingue canonical	1
Napoleon’s Leclerc expedition to Saint-Domingue	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French military expedition ⓘ colonial war ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	French expedition to Saint-Domingue (1802–1803) NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	First French Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ French colonial forces ⓘ Haitian revolutionary army NERFINISHED ⓘ
cause	French decision to restore slavery in the colonies ⓘ French plan to use Saint-Domingue as a base for a North American empire ⓘ Napoleon Bonaparte’s desire to rebuild a French colonial empire in the Caribbean ⓘ
commander	Charles Leclerc NERFINISHED ⓘ Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau NERFINISHED ⓘ Napoleon Bonaparte NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictType	colonial reconquest campaign ⓘ war of independence context ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
effect	contributed to Napoleon’s decision to sell Louisiana to the United States ⓘ heavy mortality from yellow fever among French troops ⓘ massive French military losses ⓘ strengthening of Haitian revolutionary forces ⓘ
endDate	1803 ⓘ
followedBy	Haitian independence in 1804 ⓘ
hasPartOf	French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
involved	large-scale transatlantic troop deployment by France ⓘ
location	Hispaniola NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint-Domingue NERFINISHED ⓘ
objective	reassert French control over Saint-Domingue ⓘ restore slavery in Saint-Domingue ⓘ
opponent	Haitian revolutionary forces ⓘ Henri Christophe NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean-Jacques Dessalines NERFINISHED ⓘ Toussaint Louverture NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedPolicy	abolition of slavery in Saint-Domingue ⓘ
partOf	Napoleonic Wars in the Caribbean NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	abolition of slavery in French colonies in 1794 ⓘ
primaryTheater	Caribbean NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedEvent	Haitian Declaration of Independence NERFINISHED ⓘ Haitian Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ capture of Toussaint Louverture ⓘ
result	French defeat ⓘ paved the way for Haitian independence ⓘ withdrawal of French forces ⓘ
significance	directly contributed to the emergence of Haiti as the first Black republic ⓘ marked the failure of French attempts to restore slavery in Saint-Domingue ⓘ weakened French colonial power in the Americas ⓘ
startDate	1802 ⓘ
timePeriod	early 19th century ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alexandre Pétion → opposedTo → Napoleonic expedition to Saint-Domingue ⓘ

War of the Knives → followedBy → Napoleonic expedition to Saint-Domingue ⓘ

this entity surface form: Napoleon’s Leclerc expedition to Saint-Domingue