Leclerc, Charles Victor Emmanuel

has biography | a une biographie: Charles Victor Emmanuel Leclerc was born in Pontoise, France, on March 17, 1772, into a bourgeois family. He joined the army during the French Revolution in 1791, and fought alongside Napoleon Bonaparte in 1793. In 1797, he married Pauline Bonaparte, Napoleon’s sister. He participated in the coup d'état which turned Napoleon into First Consul. In 1801, Bonaparte sent troops to Saint-Domingue to reestablish slavery. Saint-Domingue was a fundamental island in the French colonial empire due to its production of sugar cane, cultivated during the Ancien Régime by enslaved Africans. During the French Revolution, a major slave revolt led to the first abolition of slavery in 1793, enacted by the Convention. Saint-Domingue was governed by Toussaint Louverture, who established a constitution for the island in 1799. Bonaparte officially reestablished slavery on May 20, 1802, and Leclerc led a brutal repression in Saint-Domingue. French troops practiced torture and summary executions. Leclerc died of yellow fever in Saint-Domingue during the expedition on November 2, 1802.
was born | est né: 17 March 1772
died in | est mort par: 2 November 1802
has nationality | a la nationalité: France
has type | est de type: depicted
has association with | a une association avec: Bonaparte, Napoléon

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