Free coloreds imprisoned Governor Laveaux in a March 1796 coup

Evidence

These grievances eventually boiled over in late March 1796. On the morning of the twentieth a group of “citizens of color” entered Laveaux’s house and announced that they were arresting him “in the name of the people.” He was dragged to prison and found Perroud already there. — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 692

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• QUESTION: Is this coup a direct precursor to Louverture seizing power himself later?