Napoleonic expedition to Saint-Domingue

E629785

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.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French military expedition ⓘ
colonial war ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs French expedition to Saint-Domingue (1802–1803) ⓘ
belligerent First French Empire ⓘ
French colonial forces ⓘ
Haitian revolutionary army ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau ⓘ
Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
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 ⓘ
involved large-scale transatlantic troop deployment by France ⓘ
location Hispaniola ⓘ
Saint-Domingue ⓘ
objective reassert French control over Saint-Domingue ⓘ
restore slavery in Saint-Domingue ⓘ
opponent Haitian revolutionary forces ⓘ
Henri Christophe ⓘ
Jean-Jacques Dessalines ⓘ
Toussaint Louverture ⓘ
opposedPolicy abolition of slavery in Saint-Domingue ⓘ
partOf Napoleonic Wars in the Caribbean ⓘ
precededBy abolition of slavery in French colonies in 1794 ⓘ
primaryTheater Caribbean ⓘ
relatedEvent Haitian Declaration of Independence ⓘ
Haitian Revolution ⓘ
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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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 → Napoleon’s Leclerc expedition to Saint-Domingue ⓘ
linked to: Napoleonic expedition to Saint-Domingue
Napoleonic expedition to Saint-Domingue → alsoKnownAs → French expedition to Saint-Domingue (1802–1803) ⓘ
linked to: Napoleonic expedition to Saint-Domingue