Charles Victor Emmanuel Leclerc - Revision history

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 ==See also==
-*[[Napoléon Bonaparte letter to Toussaint Louverture (1801)]] - Napoléon Bonaparte announces his intent to [[Toussaint Louverture]], that he is sending General Leclerc to re-establish French dominance in the colony.
+====Articles====
 * [[Napoléon decree re-establishing slavery in the French colonies (French)|Napoléon decree re-establishing slavery in the French colonies]] - From May of 1802 (French text).
 * [[Leclerc Saint-Domingue proclamation (1802)]] - Leclerc outlaws [[Henri Christophe]] and [[Toussaint Louverture]] in this proclamation sent from his Saint-Domingue headquarters.
 * [['Show no mercy' letter by Leclerc (1802)]] - Refers to Dessalines, which Leclerc presumes to be on his side.
 * [[Toussaint Louverture letter to Jean-Jacques Dessalines (1802)|Toussaint Louverture letter to Jean-Jacques Dessalines]] - 1802 letter in which Dessalines is asked by Toussaint to burn down [[Port-au-Prince]] to stop Leclerc's advance.
-* [http://thelouvertureproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=Memoir_of_Toussaint_Louverture%2C_Written_by_Himself#General_Leclerc_-_June_5.2C_1802_-_letter_to_Toussaint_Louverture General Leclerc - June 5, 1802 - letter to Toussaint Louverture] - Letter written two days before Toussaint's betrayal by Leclerc.
+* [http://thelouvertureproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=Memoir_of_Toussaint_Louverture%2C_Written_by_Himself#General_Leclerc_-_June_5.2C_1802_-_letter_to_Toussaint_Louverture General Leclerc - June 5, 1802 - letter to Toussaint Louverture] - Letter written two days before Toussaint's betrayal by Leclerc.<br>
 * '''[[Memoir of Toussaint Louverture, Written by Himself]]''' - Autobiographical text in which Toussaint Louverture describes Leclerc's deceit.
 * [[The History and Present Condition of St. Domingo (1837)]] - Contains section on Leclerc.
 ==References==

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 ==See also==
 *[[Napoléon Bonaparte letter to Toussaint Louverture (1801)]] - Napoléon Bonaparte announces his intent to [[Toussaint Louverture]], that he is sending General Leclerc to re-establish French dominance in the colony.
 * [[Leclerc Saint-Domingue proclamation (1802)]] - Leclerc outlaws [[Henri Christophe]] and [[Toussaint Louverture]] in this proclamation sent from his Saint-Domingue headquarters.
 * [['Show no mercy' letter by Leclerc (1802)]] - Refers to Dessalines, which Leclerc presumes to be on his side.

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 ====Leclerc arrives in Saint-Domingue to reinstate slavery====
-With a large expedition that eventually included 30,000 European troops, the French won several victories after severe fighting. At one point Toussaint, referring to the fight against the efforts of Leclerc to reinstate slavery, writes in a [[Toussaint Louverture letter to Jean-Jacques Dessalines (1802)|letter to Jean-Jacques Dessalines]]: "''Tear up the roads with shot; throw corpses and horses into all the fountains; burn and annihilate everything, in order that those who have come to reduce us to slavery may have before their eyes the image of that hell which they deserve.''"  ([[Beard]], p. 186f)
+In December of [[1801]] Leclerc leaves the French harbor of Brest with a fleet of 12 ships, commanded by [[Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse]]. The goal of this massive shift of troops to Saint-Domingue was to defeat [[Toussaint Louverture]] and the Haitian Revolutionaries and to bring back slavery to this great source of France's wealth.
 =====The Battle of Ravine-à-Couleuvres=====

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 * '''[[Memoir of Toussaint Louverture, Written by Himself]]''' - Autobiographical text in which Toussaint Louverture describes Leclerc's deceit.
 * [[The History and Present Condition of St. Domingo (1837)]] - Contains section on Leclerc.
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 =====The Battle of Ravine-à-Couleuvres=====
-[[image:ravin_a_couleuvres_battle.jpg|right|thumb|190px|[[Battle of Ravine-à-Couleuvres]]]]Toussaint Louverture, in addressing his soldiers before the battle of [[Battle of Ravine-à-Couleuvres]] (on February 23, 1802) speaks of his adversary Leclerc and the French invasion forces: "''You are going to fight against enemies who have neither faith, law, nor religion. They promise you liberty, they intend your servitude. Why have so many ships traversed the ocean, if not to throw you again into chains? They disdain to recognise in you submissive children, and if you are not their slaves, you are rebels. The mother country <small>{{fn|1}}</small>, misled by the Consul <small>{{fn|2}}</small> , is no longer anything for you but a step-mother. Was there ever a defence more just than yours? Uncover your breasts, you will see them branded by the iron of [[slavery]]''."  ([[Beard]] p183 ff)
+[[image:ravin_a_couleuvres_battle.jpg|left|thumb|190px|[[Battle of Ravine-à-Couleuvres]]]]Toussaint Louverture, in addressing his soldiers before the battle of [[Battle of Ravine-à-Couleuvres]] (on February 23, 1802) speaks of his adversary Leclerc and the French invasion forces: "''You are going to fight against enemies who have neither faith, law, nor religion. They promise you liberty, they intend your servitude. Why have so many ships traversed the ocean, if not to throw you again into chains? They disdain to recognise in you submissive children, and if you are not their slaves, you are rebels. The mother country <small>{{fn|1}}</small>, misled by the Consul <small>{{fn|2}}</small> , is no longer anything for you but a step-mother. Was there ever a defence more just than yours? Uncover your breasts, you will see them branded by the iron of [[slavery]]''."  ([[Beard]] p183 ff)
 During that important battle, the French 5e Regiment d'Infanterie Legere (5th French Light Infantry Regiment) was under the command of General Leclerc.

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 With a large expedition that eventually included 30,000 European troops, the French won several victories after severe fighting. At one point Toussaint, referring to the fight against the efforts of Leclerc to reinstate slavery, writes in a [[Toussaint Louverture letter to Jean-Jacques Dessalines (1802)|letter to Jean-Jacques Dessalines]]: "''Tear up the roads with shot; throw corpses and horses into all the fountains; burn and annihilate everything, in order that those who have come to reduce us to slavery may have before their eyes the image of that hell which they deserve.''"  ([[Beard]], p. 186f)
-Toussaint Louverture, in addressing his soldiers before the battle of [[Battle of Ravine-à-Couleuvres]] speaks of his adversary Leclerc and the French invasion forces: "''You are going to fight against enemies who have neither faith, law, nor religion. They promise you liberty, they intend your servitude. Why have so many ships traversed the ocean, if not to throw you again into chains? They disdain to recognise in you submissive children, and if you are not their slaves, you are rebels. The mother country <small>{{fn|1}}</small>, misled by the Consul <small>{{fn|2}}</small> , is no longer anything for you but a step-mother. Was there ever a defence more just than yours? Uncover your breasts, you will see them branded by the iron of [[slavery]]''."  ([[Beard]] p183 ff)
+=====The Battle of Ravine-à-Couleuvres=====
 In Guadeloupe, another slave holding French colony in the Caribbean, [[Antoine Richepanse]] succeeded to roll back the abolition of slavery in May of [[1802]]. Richepanse and his soldiers, who had been send by Napoléon with the same goals as Leclerc, killed 10.000 people in the process and opened the eyes of many in Saint-Domingue. After Richepanse's ''success'' the true intentions of the French became very clear.

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−	[[image:leclerc.gif\|right\|thumb\|190px\|Charles Victor Emmanuel Leclerc]] [[image:ravin_a_couleuvres_battle.jpg\|right\|thumb\|190px\|[[Battle of Ravine-à-Couleuvres]]]]General '''Charles Victor Emmanuel Leclerc''' (also ''Victoire-Emmanuel Leclerc'' or ''~~LeClerc~~'') (March 17, 1772 Pontoise - Val-d'Oise, France - November 1, [[1802]] [[La Tortue]], [[Saint-Domingue]]) was Commander-in-Chief of the [[1802]] French expeditionary force sent to re-establish slavery in Saint-Domingue. Leclerc was [[Napoléon Bonaparte]]'s brother-in-law (married to Napoleon's favorite sister Pauline). He entered French military service voluntary in [[1791]].	+	[[image:leclerc_portrait.jpg\|right\|thumb\|190px\|Portrait of Charles Victor Emmanuel Leclerc]][[image:leclerc.gif\|right\|thumb\|190px\|Charles Victor Emmanuel Leclerc]] [[image:ravin_a_couleuvres_battle.jpg\|right\|thumb\|190px\|[[Battle of Ravine-à-Couleuvres]]]]General '''Charles Victor Emmanuel Leclerc''' (also ''Victoire-Emmanuel Leclerc'', ''LeClerc'' or ''Le Clerc'') (March 17, 1772 Pontoise - Val-d'Oise, France - November 1, [[1802]] [[La Tortue]], [[Saint-Domingue]]) was Commander-in-Chief of the [[1802]] French expeditionary force sent to re-establish slavery in Saint-Domingue. Leclerc was [[Napoléon Bonaparte]]'s brother-in-law (married to Napoleon's favorite sister Pauline). He entered French military service voluntary in [[1791]].

	===Leclerc is appointed to command the expedition to Saint-Domingue===		===Leclerc is appointed to command the expedition to Saint-Domingue===

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−	[[image:leclerc.gif\|right\|thumb\|190px\|Charles Victor Emmanuel Leclerc]] [[image:ravin_a_couleuvres_battle.jpg\|right\|thumb\|190px\|[[Battle of Ravine-à-Couleuvres]]]]General '''Charles Victor Emmanuel Leclerc''' (also ''Victoire-Emmanuel Leclerc'') (March 17, 1772 Pontoise - Val-d'Oise, France - November 1, [[1802]] [[La Tortue]], [[Saint-Domingue]]) was Commander-in-Chief of the [[1802]] French expeditionary force sent to re-establish slavery in Saint-Domingue. Leclerc was [[Napoléon Bonaparte]]'s brother-in-law (married to Napoleon's favorite sister Pauline). He entered French military service voluntary in [[1791]].	+	[[image:leclerc.gif\|right\|thumb\|190px\|Charles Victor Emmanuel Leclerc]] [[image:ravin_a_couleuvres_battle.jpg\|right\|thumb\|190px\|[[Battle of Ravine-à-Couleuvres]]]]General '''Charles Victor Emmanuel Leclerc''' (also ''Victoire-Emmanuel Leclerc'' or ''LeClerc'') (March 17, 1772 Pontoise - Val-d'Oise, France - November 1, [[1802]] [[La Tortue]], [[Saint-Domingue]]) was Commander-in-Chief of the [[1802]] French expeditionary force sent to re-establish slavery in Saint-Domingue. Leclerc was [[Napoléon Bonaparte]]'s brother-in-law (married to Napoleon's favorite sister Pauline). He entered French military service voluntary in [[1791]].

	===Leclerc is appointed to command the expedition to Saint-Domingue===		===Leclerc is appointed to command the expedition to Saint-Domingue===

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