The 3,000 from Ayiti (1781), clarified: French regular regiments of the colony's garrison (Gatinais, Agenois, Touraine) under the Marquis de Saint-Simon, NOT Ayitian…

SUMMARYThe 3,000 from Ayiti (1781), clarified: French regular regiments of the colony's garrison (Gatinais, Agenois, Touraine) under the Marquis de Saint-Simon, NOT Ayitian freemen (the Ayitian men of color fought at Savannah 1779, P126). Significance: joined Lafayette to pin Cornwallis at Yorktown; de Grasse's fleet (from Cap-Francais) won the Battle of the Chesapeake (Sept 5, 1781), blocking British relief; brought about 500,000 silver pesos raised in Havana to pay Washington's army; Spain agreed to help guard the island while they sailed; Cornwallis surrendered Oct 19, 1781. Record. Lens: Yorktown was won from Ayiti's harbor, with Ayiti's garrison, paid by wealth from forced labor on the island; eight years later the island rose; the US refused recognition for 58 years.