Episode 42: Q2-1802 - The plot against Toussaint

1802. January… February… March… Three months in which republican resistance on Saint-Domingue falters and the French commanders’ well-laid plans appear to be succeeding… France makes peace with the Ottoman Empire, as Sultan Selim III faces some tricky questions… And back in France Bonaparte adds the so-called Organic Articles to the Concordat deal with the Catholic Church. This is episode 42 of the Napoleonic Quarterly - covering three months in which France appears to be winning the peace at home and abroad. [07:40] - The strategic irrelevance/relevance of the United States in 1802 [12:42] - Headline developments [23:00] - Marlene Daut on the Leclerc expedition pacifying Saint-Domingue [44:20] - Michael Talbot on the Ottomans and their peace treaty with France [1:02:45] - Mary Robinson on the Organic Articles and Bonaparte's deal with the Catholic Church Help us produce more episodes by supporting the Napoleonic Quarterly on Patreon: patreon.com/napoleonicquarterly