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.

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instanceOf British military intervention ⓘ
event in the Haitian Revolution ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
conflict Haitian Revolution ⓘ
conflictType colonial war ⓘ
intervention in a slave revolt ⓘ
endTime 1798 ⓘ
goal control of profitable sugar plantations ⓘ
seizure of Saint-Domingue from France ⓘ
weakening of Revolutionary France ⓘ
hasCause British desire to seize French Caribbean colonies ⓘ
French Revolution ⓘ
French revolutionary turmoil ⓘ
War of the First Coalition ⓘ
slave uprisings in Saint-Domingue ⓘ
influenced British imperial policy in the Caribbean ⓘ
course of the Haitian Revolution ⓘ
location Caribbean ⓘ
Hispaniola ⓘ
Saint-Domingue ⓘ
opponent Black insurgent forces in Saint-Domingue ⓘ
French Republican forces ⓘ
Toussaint Louverture ⓘ
tropical diseases ⓘ
yellow fever ⓘ
opposedBy abolitionist sentiment in Britain ⓘ
participant France ⓘ
French Republic ⓘ
French royalists in Saint-Domingue ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Toussaint Louverture ⓘ
enslaved rebels in Saint-Domingue ⓘ
partOf French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
Haitian Revolution ⓘ
relatedTo abolition of slavery in the French colonies ⓘ
rise of independent Haiti ⓘ
result 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 ⓘ
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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British Expeditionary Forces → notableDeployment → British expedition to Saint-Domingue ⓘ
subject linked to: British expeditionary forces
British expedition to Saint-Domingue → result → British withdrawal from Saint-Domingue ⓘ
linked to: British expedition to Saint-Domingue
War of the Knives → predecessor → British invasion of Saint-Domingue ⓘ
linked to: British expedition to Saint-Domingue