General Whyte's Proclamation to the People of Saint-Domingue (1794)

Brigadier General John Whyte, the commandant of the British forces in Saint-Domingue at the time, issues a proclamation on June 8, 1794 claiming British sovereignty over the colony, after Toussaint Louverture had made an alliance in order to advance his fight for the freedom of the slaves in Saint-Domingue. The colony was the richest and most productive at the time. While the British captured Port-au-Prince and some other key cities, they never establish full control over Saint-Domingue and despite the threats in the document, the revolutionary forces in the colony do not lay down arms.

Source

 * The Annual Register, or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year 1794. London: Printed by R. Wilks for W. Otridge and Sons, etal.

External link

 * David Geggus: Yellow fever in the 1790s: the British army in occupied Saint Domingue. Med Hist. (1979) January; 23(1): 38–58..