Grégoire foresaw free people of color resorting to armed alliances

Evidence

Who could assure, he asked, that this “degraded caste” would not use force in the pursuit of justice, and join with the slaves or with groups of rebellious whites in the colony? — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 300

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Free people of color allied with Paris abolitionists to radicalize citizenship demands — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 281; Anti-maroon campaigns armed free people of color and sparked demands for inclusion — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 199; Free-colored activists radicalized by allying with the abolitionists (+6 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Free people of color allied with Paris abolitionists to radicalize citizenship demands — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 281; Anti-maroon campaigns armed free people of color and sparked demands for inclusion — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 199; Free-colored activists radicalized by allying with the abolitionists (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Free-colored leaders betrayed their rebel slave allies by agreeing to their deportation #complicates (0.76)
• Free-coloreds fought the insurrection yet were refused as formal allies #complicates (0.73)
• Armed recruits would later turn on both white and free-colored masters #complicates (0.72) — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 411