Book contents
- The Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars
- The Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars
- The Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Key to maps
- Tables
- Contributors to Volume II
- Introduction to Volume II
- Part I The Nature of Warfare in the Napoleonic Era
- Part II The State of the Armed Forces
- Part III Raising and Supplying the Armies
- Part IV Napoleon’s Military Campaigns in Europe
- Part V Other Spheres of War
- 26 The Napoleonic Wars in Scandinavia
- 27 The War at Sea: Trafalgar and Beyond
- 28 Haiti, Slavery and the War in the Caribbean
- 29 The Egyptian Campaign and the Middle East
- 30 War and Piracy in the Atlantic World
- 31 The War of 1812 in the United States
- 32 The First Total War? The Place of the Napoleonic Wars in the History of Warfare
- Bibliographical Essays
- Index
28 - Haiti, Slavery and the War in the Caribbean
from Part V - Other Spheres of War
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 December 2022
Book contents
- The Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars
- The Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars
- The Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Key to maps
- Tables
- Contributors to Volume II
- Introduction to Volume II
- Part I The Nature of Warfare in the Napoleonic Era
- Part II The State of the Armed Forces
- Part III Raising and Supplying the Armies
- Part IV Napoleon’s Military Campaigns in Europe
- Part V Other Spheres of War
- 26 The Napoleonic Wars in Scandinavia
- 27 The War at Sea: Trafalgar and Beyond
- 28 Haiti, Slavery and the War in the Caribbean
- 29 The Egyptian Campaign and the Middle East
- 30 War and Piracy in the Atlantic World
- 31 The War of 1812 in the United States
- 32 The First Total War? The Place of the Napoleonic Wars in the History of Warfare
- Bibliographical Essays
- Index
Summary
In 1801-1802 Napoleon dispatched the largest colonial venture of his reign to Haiti. His goal was to remove the famous revolutionary Toussaint Louverture from office and, possibly, restore slavery. But within two years, the remnants of Bonaparte’s once-proud army were evacuated in defeated, and Haiti declared its independence.
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- The Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars , pp. 586 - 606Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023