Toussaint, after capturing the port of Santo…

Toussaint, after capturing the port of Santo Domingo in May 1800, controls all of Hispaniola.

He now turns his attention to domestic issues.

In 1800 the plantations are operating at only two-thirds of their former productivity.

Toussaint seeks to maintain an export economy by putting his generals in charge of the plantations.

He reinstated forced labor, fermage, in order to grow sugar, coffee, and other crops; makes Roman Catholicism the official religion; and outlaws voodoo, the religion of most of the population.

Toussaint also declares divorce illegal and demands monogamy and marital fidelity of his subjects, although he himself keeps mistresses.