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In 1797, Touissant used the conservative victory in the elections of Year V to solidify his own position in Saint-Domingue.
Toussaint Louverture began to craft an independent foreign policy for Saint-Domingue in 1798.
From 1799-1800 Toussaint Louverture and Andre Rigaud fought a civil war for control of Saint-Domingue.
In 1801 Toussaint Louverture annexed Santo Domingo and promulgated a new constitution without permission from France. First Consul Bonaparte was not amused.
With the massive expedition he assembled, Bonaparte reckoned it would take three months to retake Saint-Domingue.
In the summer of 1802 the worst Yellow Fever epidemic on record hit Saint-Domingue--making it very difficult to re-impose slavery.
Done at the headquarters of Gonaives, the first day of January 1804, the first year of independence.
After declaring independence, Jean-Jacques Dessalines ordered the extermination of the white French.