Knowing how fatal any such proclamation would be, Leclerc suppressed the decree; but General Richepanse, who was now governor of the island of guadeloupe, not only issued the decree, but proceeded to enforce it with rigour.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose
In the island of guadeloupe the rebels openly defied the authority of France; and, on the renewal of war between England and France, the remains of the expedition were for the most part constrained to surrender to the British flag or to the insurgent blacks.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose
Castlereagh, therefore, sought to tempt him by the offer of our recent conquest of guadeloupe.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose