Donatien de Rochambeau
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Divisional-General Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau was a French Army officer and colonial administrator who served in the American Revolutionary War and French Revolutionary and
Portrait of Rochambeau
Illustration of Rochambeau during the Saint-Domingue expedition
Haitian Revolution
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The Haitian Revolution, also known as the Haitian War of Independence, was a successful insurrection by enslaved Africans against French colonial rule in Saint-Domingue, now the sovereign state of Hai
Donatien de Rochambeau
…Haiti) after General Charles Leclerc's death. His remit was to restore French control of their rebellious colony, by any means. Historians of the Haitian Revolution credit his brutal tactics for uniting black and gens de couleur soldiers against the French. After Rochambeau surrendered to the rebel general Jean-Jacques…
Incendie de la Plaine du Cap. Massacre des Blancs par les esclaves noirs révoltés. France militaire. Martinet et Masson
Battle of Vertières in 1803 620x 458
Révolte des esclaves contre les armées envoyées par Napoléon Bonaparte lors de l'expédition de Saint Domingue entre 1801 et 1803. Gravure du XI Xe siècle
Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Belley by Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, 1797