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Toussaint was able to put up strong resistance for several months, but eventually, his army fell apart. The population of the island perfered the french. Even Toussaint’s generals quit on him. By 1802, the end was near. Under the pretense of discussing peace, a French General sent a letter to Toussaint inviting him to his quarters (Biography.com editors).
Dear Toussaint,
I invite you
To our quarters
Please come
"Louverture was captured, and left to die in a French prison" (Marlene Daut).
But this isn't all. "Enslaved people in the United States were inspired by the success of the Haitian Revolution, led by the former enslaved Toussaint L’Ouverture" (Blakemore). Also, according to the Biography.com editors, "Frustrated by a rebellion he couldn’t control in Hispaniola, Napoleon Bonaparte decided not to expand his empire into North America and sold the Louisiana territory to the United States in 1803". This started westward expansion in the US, which was a big factor in the civil war and therfore in the abolition of slavery. As the Biography.com editors put it, "Though he didn’t live to see it, Toussaint’s actions set in motion a series of global events that changed the geography of the western hemisphere and spelled the beginning of the end for European colonial domination in the Americas".
NO MORE SLAVERY!!!

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