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To a contemporary audience, Haiti brings to mind Voodoo spells, Tontons Macoutes, and boat people--nothing worth fighting over. Two centuries ago, however, Haiti, then known as Saint-Domingue, was the "Pearl of the Antilles," France's most valuable overseas colony, the largest exporter of tropical products in the world, and the United States' second most important trading partner after England. Haiti was also the place where in 1801-1802 Napoléon Bonaparte sent the largest colonial venture of his reign: the Leclerc expedition. His goal was to remove the famo

Toussaint Louverture --- Napoleon I Bonaparte [Emperor of the French] --- Haiti --- Statesmen --- Revolutionaries --- Generals --- Public officers --- Napoleon --- Toussaint Louverture, --- Bonapart, Napoleon, --- Bonāpārṭa, Nepoliyana, --- Bonaparte, Napoleão, --- Bonaparte, Napoleon, --- Bonaparte, Napoleone, --- Bonaparṭeh, Napolyon, --- Buonaparte, Napoleon, --- Na-pʻo-lun, --- Nābuliyūn, --- Napoleone --- Napʻolleong, --- Napolun, --- נפוליאון --- נפוליאון, --- نابليون --- بونابرت، نابليون، --- Būnābart, Nābuliyūn, --- Toussaint-Bréda, Pierre Dominique, --- Bréda, Pierre Dominique Toussaint-, --- Toussaint, François Dominique, --- Toussaint, Pierre Dominique, --- Louverture, Toussaint, --- Ouverture, Toussaint L', --- Ṭusain Luverṭir, --- Toussaint Louverture, Pierre Dominique, --- Toussaint L'Ouverture, François-Dominique, --- L'Overture, Toussaint, --- טוסיין לוברטיר, --- Tousen Breda, Franswa Dominik, --- Breda, Franswa Dominik Tousen, --- Lauverture, --- Louverture, --- Ayiti --- Bohio --- Haichi --- Hayti --- Haytian Republic --- Quisqueya --- Repiblik Ayiti --- Repiblik d Ayiti --- Republic of Haiti --- République d'Haïti --- ハイチ --- هايتي --- Гаити --- Gaiti --- Saint-Domingue --- History --- Napoléon --- Bonaparte, Napoléon --- Bonāpārṭa, Nepoliyana --- Bonaparte, Napoleão --- Bonaparte, Napoleon --- Bonaparte, Napoleone --- Buonaparte, Napoleon --- Na-pʻo-lun --- Napolun