- What policy did Leclerc implement to prevent further uprisings among former slaves?
- What was the main fear of many black people that led to the resumption of fighting?
- How did yellow fever impact Napoleon’s troops in the spring and summer of 1802?
- What was the origin of yellow fever in the New World, and how did it affect different populations?
- Why were the former slaves more resistant to yellow fever compared to the French and other whites?
- What consequences did the outbreak of yellow fever have on the French military forces?
- How did the overcrowding of civilians in cities contribute to the spread of yellow fever?
- What was the misconception about the contagion of yellow fever during the epidemic?
- What drastic measure did Leclerc consider in response to the weaken French forces and the ongoing rebellion?
- How did the combination of disease and rebellion shape the dynamics of the War for Independence during this period?
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The War for Independence
To prevent any further uprisings, Leclerc ordered a
policy of disarming all former slaves. Fighting resumed
when many black people feared this was the first step
toward the return of the slave plantation system.
Yellow fever hit Napoleon’s troops hard in the
spring and summer of 1802. This tropical disease was
introduced to the New World by the slave ships from
Africa. Although the slaves were not immune, they were
much more resistant to this disease than the French and
other whites.
As yellow fever weakened the French forces, rebel
fighters drove them and civilians into the cities where
they sought protection. But the overcrowding only
spread the disease faster. No one knew that yellow fever
was caused by a virus spread by mosquitoes and that it
was contagious among humans. During the epidemic,
nearly half the French troops who arrived with Leclerc
died of the disease. Many others were too sick to fight.
Leclerc then called for a war of extermination of all
rebels.
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