Excerpt from The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French, Vol. 5 of 9: With a Preliminary View of the French Revolution
Whites and Mulattoes, Split into parties under different Chiefs - Toussaint l'ouverture the most distinguished of these - His Plans for the Amelioration of his subjects-ap points, ln imitation of France, a Consular Government. France sends an Expedition against St Domingo, under Ge neral Leclerc, in December 1801, which is successful, and Toussaint submits-after a brief interval, he is sent to France, where he dies under the hardships of confinement. The French, visited by Yellow Fever, are assaulted by the Negroes, and War is carried on of new with dreadful fury. Leclerc is cut off by the distemper, and is succeeded by Roch. Ambeau. - The French finally obliged to capitulate to an Eng. Lish Squadron, on lst December 1803._buonaparte's scheme to consolidate his power at home - The Consular Guard aug. Mented to 6000 Men - Description of ih-legion of Honour of ia - Opposition formed, on the principle of the English one, against the Consular Governments - They oppose the establishment of the Legion of Honour, which, however, is earned.-apphcatron to the Count de Provence (louis XVIII.) to resign the Crown - Rejected.
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