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Jenks' Portland Gazette
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
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Reports from Jamaica indicate only 3,000 remnants of the French army from St. Domingo arrived, after France sent 60,000 troops over eight years, resulting in 57,000 deaths in a failed subjugation attempt. Commentary warns of Bonaparte's potential sacrifices to conquer Britain.
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It appears by the late accounts from Jamaica, that the remnant of the army of St. Domingo arrived there amounts only to about 3000 men: It is computed, that the French government, during the last eight years, has poured into that Island at least 60,000 men : It follows therefore, that 57,000 souls have been sacrificed to a fruitless attempt to subjugate a colony which, in its most prosperous periods, yielded comparatively but little to the mother country. Men of feeling will hear of this with pity and indignation:-- The politician will assume it as a datum to calculate on the probability of future attempts of a similar nature. The reduction of a few thousand blacks has been conceived worth the destruction of a superior number of whites. If an enterprise of such minor importance, so immense a sacrifice is made, what will not be hazarded to effect the subjugation of a great, a rich, and exalted nation ? Will not Bonaparte, in the vain hope of conquering Great Britain, smile at the destruction of one half of his subjects ?
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St. Domingo
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Last Eight Years, Late Accounts From Jamaica
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57,000 french soldiers sacrificed; only about 3000 remnants arrived in jamaica; fruitless attempt to subjugate the colony
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Remnant of the French army from St. Domingo arrived in Jamaica numbering about 3000 men. French government sent at least 60,000 men over the last eight years. The attempt to subjugate the colony failed, sacrificing 57,000 lives. Commentary on pity, indignation, and implications for future attempts, including against Great Britain.