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1807

1807: British forces took control of Curaçao and St. Thomas as a result of the ongoing Napoleonic Wars in Europe.

1807: British forces took control of Curaçao and St. Thomas as a result of the ongoing Napoleonic Wars in Europe. This shift in military control brought these important trading hubs under British Navigation Acts, though exceptions were soon made for trade with Haiti.

Source  ·  p. 82 Gaffield, Haitian Connections in the Atlantic World, 82