History of the United States I / Unit 8 USH1 1093 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Why Napoleon Sold
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The idea
Napoleon had intended Louisiana and the Mississippi Valley as the source of food for Haiti, the most profitable sugar island in the world.
In practice
Enslaved people in Haiti having successfully overthrown the brutal plantation regime.
Where people slip
With Haiti lost the plan collapsed. The largest land transfer in American history followed from a successful slave revolt.
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