Why did Napoleon send troops to Saint-Domingue? What happened to them?
Authorized only to negotiate for the purchase of New Orleans or access to the
Mississippi River, they instead negotiated the purchase of the entire 827,000
square miles of Louisiana.
He sent troops to reclaim the colony and reestablish slavery and the sugar trade.
Disease killed most of them.
They felt that Napoleon had abrogated his treaty obligations but could not do
anything about it.