[Vigilanteman]

Yes and no. France enjoyed a few military successes under Napoleon from Haitian independence (1804) until Waterloo (1815), but the Americas were not a priority at all. This was the reason he sold us the Louisiana Territory for a song.

After 1815, France was a conquered nation. The victors made sure of that. I am not sure France was even capable of mounting a punitive expedition to Haiti even if they had the will to do so. It was 1862, when we were preoccupied with our own civil war, before they even tried anything close . . . the very short lived occupation of Mexico.

[A_perfect_lady]

Well, I’ll take your word for it. You’re clearly more of a historian than I am.