Impacts (continued)
žThe French failure to
regain control over Saint-Domingue also influenced Napoleon to
abandon efforts to build an empire in the western
hemisphere
—In
1803 France sold its North American province of Louisiana, a region of
2,100,000 sq km (more than 800,000 sq mi) west of the Mississippi
River, to the United States.
—Was
a source of pride to many blacks in the United States and
served as an example to some slaves who attempted unsuccessful
uprisings in Virginia and South Carolina.
