Diario las Américas

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pearances all over the battle

ground, which led a French gener

al to say: “cet homme fait overt

ure partout.” (This man makes an

opening everywhere).

Toussaint rose to Commander

in-Chief of the French colonial ar

my and saved Saint Domingue for

France by expelling the British

and the Spanish forces. As Govern

or General for life under the Con

stitution of 1801 he was in full

control of Haiti. Peace had been

restored and agriculture was flour

ishing once more, when on Febru

ary 1, 1902 the largest fleet which

had ever crossed the Atlantic sail

ed into the harbor of Cap Fran

eais with fifty four vessels in all.

Determined to crush the man who

dared to usurp France’s preroga

tives, Napoleon sent his brother

in law, General Leclerc, at the

head of 45.000 men, chosen from

France’s seasoned troops. Henri

Christophe burned the city as Le

clerc prepared to besiege it. But

Cap Francais rose from its ahses

again.

In the suburb of Carenage, stand

the silent ruins of Pauline Bona

parte’s sumptuous palace, where

once her gay laughter was heard.

In a regal Louis XV setting. Na

poleon’s beautiful and flirtatious

sister held lavish court while her

husband, General Leclerc, lost

France’s prized colony and his

own life, in the epidemic of yellow

fever which decimated his army.

The restoration of slavery and

the abduction of General Toussaint

by the French united the

rebel generals irrevocably against

France Cap Francais was the last

of France’s strongholds to fall,

when in November, 1803, General

Rochambeau capitulated. At Fort

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Diario las Américas. (1956). Miami, Fla.;Miami Springs, Fla., 1956-10-27. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82001257/1956-10-27/ed-1/?sp=10

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Diario las Américas, 1956-10-27.