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In 1802, [[Napoleon]] sent 30,000 troops, under command of his brother-in-law, to retake Haiti. However, [[yellow fever]] and [[malaria]] decimated his men. Combined with fierce guerrilla warfare waged by the Haitians, the French lost nearly 24,000 men. That year, Toussaint was captured by the French general by treachery. He died in France in 1803 of ill-treatment. His followers continued to fight, however, and finally the French were forced to surrender.

In 1802, [[Napoleon]] sent 30,000 troops, under command of his brother-in-law, to retake Haiti. However, [[yellow fever]] and [[malaria]] decimated his men. Combined with fierce guerrilla warfare waged by the Haitians, the French lost nearly 24,000 men. That year, Toussaint was captured by the French general by treachery. He died in France in 1803 of ill-treatment. His followers continued to fight, however, and finally the French were forced to surrender.

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