The Mode of exterminating the Black Army as practised by the French
Title
The Mode of exterminating the Black Army as practised by the French
Description
The fighting between the French and the Haitians was very bloody. When the French tried to put down Toussaint in 1802, it took them some five months with an expeditionary force of 23,000. Supplied by locals, the French seized the towns, gradually extending their control to the countryside. Eventually they even captured L’Ouverture but never could quell the uprising.
The expeditionary force sent by Napoleon to reconquer Saint Domingue met great resistance. Both sides committed atrocities. Here the French are shown throwing their enemies overboard to a certain death. Such tactics ultimately failed, however, as the blacks established an independent republic of Haiti.
The expeditionary force sent by Napoleon to reconquer Saint Domingue met great resistance. Both sides committed atrocities. Here the French are shown throwing their enemies overboard to a certain death. Such tactics ultimately failed, however, as the blacks established an independent republic of Haiti.
Creator
J. Barlow (engraver)
Source
Internet Archive
Date
1805
Rights
Public Domain
Relation
http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/226/|Marcus Rainsford, <em>An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti</em> (London: Albron Press, 1805), 27.
Format
JPEG
Language
English
Identifier
226
Original Format
Engraving
Citation
J. Barlow (engraver), “The Mode of exterminating the Black Army as practised by the French,” LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY: EXPLORING THE FRENCH REVOUTION, accessed December 25, 2024, https://revolution.chnm.org/d/226.