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Who led Napoleon Bonaparte’s 1802 expedition to Saint-Domingue?
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Toussaint Louverture
A formerly enslaved person who became the leading figure of the Haitian Revolution, Toussaint Louverture helped lay the foundation for Haiti's independence.
The 1802 expedition to Saint-Domingue was led by General Charles Leclerc, who was the brother-in-law of Napoleon Bonaparte.12
Napoleon dispatched Leclerc with a force of approximately 23,000 troops to reestablish French authority and suppress the rebellion led by Toussaint Louverture. Although Leclerc initially secured a peace agreement with Louverture in May 1802, he later orchestrated the capture of the Haitian leader through treachery, leading to Louverture's imprisonment in France. Leclerc eventually succumbed to yellow fever in November 1802 during the conflict.13