By the 1760s men of African descent dominated colonial militia service

Evidence

Administrators suppressed the revolt, but they were never able to overcome white resistance to militia service, and during the decades after the 1760s, men of African descent formed the majority serving in the militias. — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 237

Categorization

• XREF: This military reliance on free men of African descent is the institutional foundation the future revolution’s officer corps (like Toussaint) emerged from.