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Home > Haiti History > Toussaint Louverture > Haiti - Governments Of Slave-holding Nations Concerned By The Leadership Of Toussaint Haiti - Governments Of Slave-holding Nations Concerned By The Leadership Of Toussaint Toussaint's interval of freedom from foreign confrontation was unfortunately brief.
Toussaint never severed the formal bond with France, but his de facto independence and autonomy rankled the leaders of the mother country and concerned the governments of slave-holding nations, such as Britain and the United States.
French first consul Napoléon Bonaparte resented the temerity of the former slaves who planned to govern a nation on their own.
Moreover, Bonaparte regarded Saint-Domingue as essential to potential French exploitation of the Louisiana Territory.
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