The impact and diaspora resulting from this event are analyzed in the work of David Geggus.
The impact and diaspora resulting from this event are analyzed in the work of David Geggus. John Duckworth led a British blockade in support of the perpetrators of this event, about 10,000 refugees from which settled in New Orleans within a year after they were expelled from Cuba. This event was condemned as being carried out by "cannibals of the terrible republic" by Thomas Jefferson, who tried to (*) diplomatically isolate the country it took place in. Yellow fever killed about two-thirds of the force led by Charles Le Clerc to repress this event, which brought leaders like Alexandre PÃ©tion and Jean-Jacques Dessalines to prominence. For 10 points, name this series of slave revolts that brought about the independence of a French island colony.
The impact and diaspora resulting from this event are analyzed in the work of David Geggus.
Haitian revolution [accept logical equivalents; accept Saint-Domingue for "Haiti"] 