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Siege of Port-au-Prince (1793)

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161: 150: 139: 109: 80: 173: 122: 96: 537:, they take the head of the navy and attack on the side of the sea. On April 12 the forces of the commissioners launch a general attack by sea and land. The commissioners ship is badly damaged by rebel cannons and a fire breaks out, but it is extinguished. 230: 497:. The royalist "Grand blancs" settlers and wealthy slave owners and the "Petit blancs", modest or poor, or formerly, Republican settlers, unite in their common opposition to 223: 691: 216: 654: 540:
Intensely bombarded with 4,000 to 5,000 bullets, Port-au-Prince capitulates on April 14, 1793. Borel, the leader of the insurgents, fled to
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Troops loyal to the commissioners commanded by generals Lassale, European, and Beauvais, mulatto, then lay siege to
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On January 25, 1793, the settlers, led by Borel, revolt against the commissioners
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Toussaint Louverture: A Black Jacobin in the Age of Revolutions
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declaring themselves ready to pass under the suzerainty of the
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The insurgents then send a letter to 584: 572: 7: 608: 14: 171: 159: 148: 137: 120: 107: 94: 78: 90:Opponents to the commissioners: 664:Geggus, David Patrick (2002). 1: 666:Haitian Revolutionary Studies 561:Forsdick & Høgsbjerg 2017 706:Vie de Toussaint Louverture 773: 757:History of Port-au-Prince 485:Rebellion of the settlers 422:Saint-Domingue expedition 250: 194: 181: 130: 71: 63:French Republican victory 31: 23: 737:Battles involving France 693:Histoire d'Haïti, Tome I 670:Indiana University Press 519:Kingdom of Great Britain 144:Léger-Félicité Sonthonax 126:Slaves of armed settlers 732:Battles involving Haiti 479:siege of Port-au-Prince 19:Siege of Port-au-Prince 507:soldiers of the Artois 166:Louis Jacques Beauvais 131:Commanders and leaders 752:1793 in North America 195:Casualties and losses 630:Toussaint Louverture 626:Bell, Madison Smartt 587:, pp. 127–131. 503:free colored people 429:Ravine-à-Couleuvres 117:Republican settlers 742:Haitian Revolution 459:Môle-Saint-Nicolas 449:2nd Port-au-Prince 275:1st Port-au-Prince 260:Croix-des-Bouquets 242:Haitian Revolution 26:Haitian Revolution 727:Conflicts in 1793 710:Éditions Karthala 702:Schœlcher, Victor 656:978-0-7453-3515-5 563:, pp. 56–57. 474: 473: 207: 206: 104:Royalist settlers 67: 66: 764: 713: 697: 683: 660: 637: 612: 606: 600: 594: 588: 582: 576: 570: 564: 558: 320:Port-Républicain 245: 243: 233: 226: 219: 210: 176: 175: 174: 164: 163: 162: 155:Étienne Polverel 153: 152: 151: 142: 141: 140: 125: 124: 123: 112: 111: 110: 99: 98: 97: 83: 82: 81: 39:12–14 April 1793 33: 32: 16: 772: 771: 767: 766: 765: 763: 762: 761: 717: 716: 700: 686: 680: 668:. 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Index

Haitian Revolution
Port-au-Prince
Haiti
French Republic
Léger-Félicité Sonthonax
Étienne Polverel
Louis Jacques Beauvais
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Haitian Revolution
Bois Caïman
Croix-des-Bouquets
Morne Pelé
1st Tannerie
1st Port-au-Prince
Cap-Français
Marmelade
Fort-Dauphin
1st Tiburon
Acul
La Bombarde
2nd Tiburon
Les Gonaïves
Port-Républicain
1st Dondon
2nd Tannerie
Saint-Marc
Léogane
Saint-Raphaël

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