12 February 1796 · Caribbean

France's navy minister proposes sending freed soldiers against Jamaica

Directory instructions name Saint-Domingue's black troops as the tool against Jamaica.

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March 1796 · Haitianmonth known

Toussaint rescues Laveaux and is made lieutenant-governor3 sources

Villatte's attempt on Laveaux ended by handing Louverture the second office in the colony.

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June to July 1796 · Caribbeanspan

The Caribs refuse to surrender with the French

On the day set for the handover, a few hundred came in out of more than four thousand.

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1796 · Caribbeanyear only

Curaçao runs through three governors in a single year

The Batavian revolution in Europe reshuffled the island's white elite faster than it changed anything else.

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1796 · Haitianyear only

Macaya and other band leaders propose killing all the whites

The advocate of the blacksmith king could also speak as the conqueror king.

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1796 to 1797 · Caribbeanspan

Half the Caribs deported to Balliceaux never left it

Of 4,338 sent to the small island, 2,248 survived to be shipped on to Honduras.

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