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**Jourgenz** · 08-08-2010, 08:13 PM

Check out that 58,000 French troops sent by Napoleon. He was very busy at the time and even sold off 1/3 of the North America to the U.S. to finance his Euro adventures.
And "international community" in 1804? In the Caribbean.
It was a very successful slave revolt against few Euros by a huge population of slaves (largest in the Americas at that time) and taken over by a shipwrecked mulatto from Grenada — Roi Christophe, a genius, and the real story.

Yes the Colonists got to greedy and ended up loosing control of the plantations. First the africans started by poisining them. Scared the Colonists. It was a Jamican born Mackandal who I believe started this. He was captured by the Colonists who executed him in front of a crowd to scare the workers. At the same time a bird or something flew up in the air and the workers celebrated believing that was Mackandal escaping. The colonists found it very primitive that they could celebrate the death of thier hero. And it scared them too. I read this in "The Kingdom of this World" which is part factual and part fiction. I think it is true about the 58,000 French troops send to regain control. Not sure where I read that though.

08-08-2010, 08:13 PM	#17
Jourgenz Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 451 Senior Member	Check out that 58,000 French troops sent by Napoleon. He was very busy at the time and even sold off 1/3 of the North America to the U.S. to finance his Euro adventures. And "international community" in 1804? In the Caribbean. It was a very successful slave revolt against few Euros by a huge population of slaves (largest in the Americas at that time) and taken over by a shipwrecked mulatto from Grenada — Roi Christophe, a genius, and the real story. Yes the Colonists got to greedy and ended up loosing control of the plantations. First the africans started by poisining them. Scared the Colonists. It was a Jamican born Mackandal who I believe started this. He was captured by the Colonists who executed him in front of a crowd to scare the workers. At the same time a bird or something flew up in the air and the workers celebrated believing that was Mackandal escaping. The colonists found it very primitive that they could celebrate the death of thier hero. And it scared them too. I read this in "The Kingdom of this World" which is part factual and part fiction. I think it is true about the 58,000 French troops send to regain control. Not sure where I read that though.
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