Hi all,
I'm working on a timeline with a POD circa 1800 wherein Louisiana remains a French possession past 1803. Obviously, a French Louisiana would curtail westward expansion and dramatically alter the course of the 19th century and offers a lot of interesting ATL possibilities...
But my immediate question is: If Leclerc's expedition were successful in Saint-Domingue, would that be enough to keep Napoleon's colonial aspirations alive? Or do I need to engineer a peace between France & Britain to give France time to reassert French control?