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==March==
 
==March==
* [[Dr. Edward Stevens]] named U.S. Consul General to [[Haiti]].
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* [[Dr. Edward Stevens]] named U.S. Consul General to [[Saint-Domingue]].
  
 
==June==
 
==June==

Revision as of 15:35, 6 March 2006

In Spring of 1799 the British sailor Marcus Rainsford travels to Saint-Domingue, meets Toussaint Louverture and later recounts his experiences in the book A Memoir of Transactions that took place in St. Domingo....

March

June

  • The War of Knives, between troops controlled by André Rigaud and Toussaint Louverture, begins.
  • On June 13 Toussaint Louverture makes a secret treaty with Great Britain and the United States which states, in part, "No expedition shall be sent out against any of the possessions of his Britannic Majesty and of the United States of America." (Korngold)
  • On June 24 U.S. Consul Stevens tells Sec. of State Pickering of the “absolute necessity of supporting Toussaint by every legal measure."
  • On June 26 US President John Adams signs a Proclamation Regarding Commerce with St. Domingo, allowing U.S. trade with the French colony to resume.

November

  • On November 11 Napoléon Bonaparte becomes the ruler of France through the the coup of the 18th Brumaire. This also makes him the ruler of s colony Saint-Domingue, as First Consul (Premier Consul) of the First French Republic.

December

  • On December 14 U.S. Secretary of State Pickering instructs Navy Capt. Silas Talbot to give "protection to every part of the island under Toussaint's control.”
  • On December 14 George Washington dies. On hearing the news, Toussaint Louverture orders Saint-Domingue flags to be flown at half-mast.
  • On December 25 Napoléon Bonaparte issues a Proclamation on Saint Domingue


Reference

  • Rainsford, Marcus (1802). A Memoir of Transactions that took place in St. Domingo... London: R.B. Scott.
  • Korngold, Ralph (1944). Citizen Toussaint. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. LCCN 44007566.