Black generals initially stayed loyal to the French while their troops defected

Evidence

Naturally, French brutality ultimately made the decision to change sides easier for those who had remained loyal. Fearing the worst, the French helped bring it about by acting the part of an army bent on destruction. — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 1001 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Retired French generals remained subject to military discipline. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1279; Discrimination against black officers drove Dieudonné to negotiate with the British — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 684; French massacred surrendered black troops at Fort-Liberté (+2 more)

Related

• French massacred surrendered black troops at Fort-Liberté (similarity 0.89)
• French brutality pushed loyal black troops into defection. (similarity 0.88)
• Dessalines broke with the French over their massacres of blacks (similarity 0.85)
• French officials sold arrested black soldiers back into slavery (similarity 0.85)
• Suspected black soldiers chose mass suicide over French imprisonment (similarity 0.85)
• France’s envoy moved to shrink the black officer corps and its recruitment power (similarity 0.84)
• French atrocity toward slaves drove fence-sitters into the insurgent camps (similarity 0.83)
• Spain’s black auxiliaries turned on the Spanish in Gonaïves in April 1794. (similarity 0.82)
• Discrimination against black officers drove Dieudonné to negotiate with the British (similarity 0.81)
• Retired French generals remained subject to military discipline. (similarity 0.80)
• French troops wavered upon realizing their besieged black enemies were fellow republicans (similarity 0.78)
• Former slave insurgents entered Le Cap and repelled Galbaud’s troops. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• French brutality pushed loyal black troops into defection. #complicates (0.55) — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 1001
• Some of Louverture’s officers defected to the French #contradicts (0.50)