Leclerc Saint-Domingue proclamation (1802)

The French General Leclerc, send to Saint-Domingue on the orders of his brother in-law Napoléon Bonaparte to re-establish slavery and to defeat Toussaint Louverture, addressed the people of the colony in this proclamation from his headquarters in the North of Saint-Domingue. He does not mention the true ambitions of his campaign against the Revolutionary forces. Leclerc and his troops had arrived at Le Cap on February 2, 1802.

Reference

 * J. R. (John Relly) Beard. (1853). The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture, The Negro Patriot of Hayti: Comprising an Account of the Struggle for Liberty in the Island, and a Sketch of Its History to the Present Period. Chapel Hill, NC: Academic Affairs Library, UNC-CH. Online Publication. (p. 179-180)