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This is the first I've done of this kind so please do be kind to me :eek: This first part is quite short for a taster and to see whether you all think it's worth me going on.
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- Extract taken from "European North America and the Caribbean in the 1800's" = Published in 1994

Section 2: The Revolutionary Corsican - 1801 - 1815

In the year of 1801 Napoleon Bonaparte the Emperor of France, sent a large shipment of over 20,000 men to Saint-Domingue, the French third of the island of Hispaniola. It was unknown as to why these men were sent to the island, though little did any leader other than those of France know that Bonaparte has forced Spain to cede back a portion of their Empire in America back to France, Louisiana. Napoleon Bonaparte wished to make a North American Empire that was self sufficient from the French portion of Hispaniola to New Orleans, the main city in Louisiana. The residents of the island didn't know why the French troops were there, though the previous black slaves believed it to be a trick and that Napoleon was going to re-impose slavery onto the island. Though the Corsican leader debated on this matter greatly in 1801 and the opening years of 1802, he chose that in the end if he were to be a true leader of 'Liberty' then it would be necessary to not re-impose slavery throughout the French Empire, this calmed down the blood of the blacks on the island and soon some of the 20,000 men moved onto New Orleans, while some of them stayed back to create a large mixed racial army...

- Part of conversation heard between Charles Leclerc and Toussaint L'ouverture during the signing of the new Saint-Domingue Constitution

Charles: Let this day be one of peace between whites and Negroes
Toussaint: Or more importantly, Saint-Domingue and her motherland of France.

- Comment made by Napoleon Bonaparte after signing Constitution of Saint-Domingue

"May this be a day of freedom for France and all her allies, and a day of prosperity for all that follow her in her wake."
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