Did Sweden start the revolt and war with Britain during the Louisiana Purchase ?
In January 1802 , France sent General Leclerc to Saint - Domingue to re-establish slavery which had been abolished in law and in the constitution of the French Republic of 1795 , both in France and its colonies , to reduce the rights of free people of color and take back control of the island from Toussaint Louverture , who had maintained St. Domingue as French against invasion by the Spanish and British empires .