WI no Haitian Revolution?

In 1794, the French officially abolished slavery in all their possessions. Let's say it remains as such, and Haiti remains a French colony. How long would it remain one? Would the British try to take it (as it was a very valuable colony), and become a British colony instead?
 
In 1794, the French officially abolished slavery in all their possessions. Let's say it remains as such, and Haiti remains a French colony. How long would it remain one? Would the British try to take it (as it was a very valuable colony), and become a British colony instead?

Well if you want to stop the Haitian Revolution, you would have to have someone step in who forced the Saint Dominguens to treat their slaves like human beings, not to mention eradicating the Maroons in the hills. After that, the country would continue to prosper.
 
Well if you want to stop the Haitian Revolution, you would have to have someone step in who forced the Saint Dominguens to treat their slaves like human beings, not to mention eradicating the Maroons in the hills. After that, the country would continue to prosper.
Or just have Napoleon not repeal the abolition of slavery on the island which pushed the majority of the black rebels into Toussaint L'Ouverture's camp.
 
Then America would never be a superpower.

No, it means that America will form an alliance of convenience with Britain inorder to secure New Orleans and to grab as much of the Louisiana territory as possible once the Napoleonic wars start.

Even the noted francophile Jefferson acknowledged the necessity of New Orleans for America's long term strategic interests.
 
Or just have Napoleon not repeal the abolition of slavery on the island which pushed the majority of the black rebels into Toussaint L'Ouverture's camp.

True. Another possibility would be Napoleons land grab in the Carribean. They can take and hold Santo Domingo and may be able to expand further into Spanish territory.
 
Haitian Revolution started way before the Convention abolished slavery. Heck, it can be said that the Haitian Revolution caused the abolition.
 
No, it means that America will form an alliance of convenience with Britain inorder to secure New Orleans and to grab as much of the Louisiana territory as possible once the Napoleonic wars start.

Even the noted francophile Jefferson acknowledged the necessity of New Orleans for America's long term strategic interests.
So, if the Francophile fights against France to win New Orleans, modern people would see him as even more of a hypocrite.
 
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