With the massive expedition he assembled, Bonaparte reckoned it would take three months to retake Saint-Domingue.

In 1801 Toussaint Louverture annexed Santo Domingo and promulgated a new constitution without permission from France. First Consul Bonaparte was not amused. 

From 1799-1800 Toussaint Louverture and Andre Rigaud fought a civil war for control of Saint-Domingue. 

Toussaint Louverture began to craft an independent foreign policy for Saint-Domingue in 1798.

In 1797, Touissant used the conservative victory in the elections of Year V to solidify his own position in Saint-Domingue.

By mid-1796, Toussaint Louverture had no rival on Saint-Domingue. Then Sonthonax came back.

From the summer of 1794 to the summer of 1795, the future of Saint-Domingue hung in the balance.

In February 1794, the National Convention not only ratified the emergency emancipation of the slaves, they extended it even further.

Le Cap burns. White colonial rule ends. The slaves are freed.

The Second Commission was supposed to implement the Law of April 4 and defeat the slave uprising. This turned out to be harder than they thought.