1801-Oct.
1801-Oct.: The British government gives its assent to a French invasion of Saint Domingue after peace preliminaries.
1801-Oct.: The British government gives its assent to a French invasion of Saint Domingue after peace preliminaries. This shift in international relations allowed Napoleon to launch a massive expedition to reclaim the colony.
Source
Geggus, Haitian Revolutionary Studies, 25; Nicholls, From Dessalines to Duvalier, 30