"The Haitian Revolution: Slave Revolts, Civil War..." Topic

…and Revolution in Haiti, 1791-1804.

"Of the many celebrated, little known, or completely forgotten conflicts of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the Haitian Revolution fought from 1791-1804 is one of the most culturally relevant conflicts. Currently the Haitian Revolution has garnered more attention from military and popular historians, which as a study as a revolt, rebellion and colonialist war nevertheless deserves more attention from historians.

Luckily a resurgence in the study and historical interpretation of this period has occurred, with more many books written or currently being written on Napoleon's ‘West Indian Policy' and campaign within the context of the greater Haitian Revolution period from the Haitian/Caribbean perspective.

As a French colony, Saint Domingue what is today the nation of Haiti, and the greater island of Hispaniola in general, split in half by the Spanish and French in the early colonial period-had been under the threat of a massive slave rebellion and middle class revolution for five years before the events of the French Revolution. Saint Domingue had come under the implied but specific control of the French plantation owners who relied on slave labor to make a hefty profit through the lucrative growing of sugar which was in high demand in Europe and America in the 1700 and 1800's…"
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Armand

It's a very interesting part of Napoleonic history. cheers for posting this up, Trent Miniatures do a very nice range and I may well start buying them up!!

About 25,000 French went in, only about 8,000 came out.
That, plus Egypt and Russia.

Glad you enjoyed the article boys!. (smile).

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Armand