The French acquisition of Santo Domingo also at this time referred to as the French Santo Domingo or Saint-Domingue occurred in 1795 when France briefly came to own the whole island when by the Treaty of Basel Spain ceded the eastern Santo Domingo colony as a consequence of the French Revolutionary Wars. At the time, slaves led by Toussaint Louverture in Saint-Domingue (western colony) were in revolt against France. In 1801, Toussaint Louverture arrived in Santo Domingo, proclaiming the abolition of slavery on behalf of the French Republic and then captured Santo Domingo from the French and took control of the entire island.