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The War of Extermination in 1803

By october of 1802 a le clerk knows that this the his position is untenable and he writes a letter to Napoleon which he writes quote here is my opinion on this country. The counter-insurgency from 1802 to 1803 by the french would essentially consist of killing everybody above a certain age who knew what freedom felt like. By in by november of 1803 roshambo negotiates directly with desalines and he leaves the island  and saint domain is essentially free of colonial power.

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