James linked Toussaint’s failure to the defeat of revolution in Europe.

Evidence

When they acted on those beliefs and rebelled against Toussaint because they were no longer willing to accept his egoistic compromises with the colonial bourgeoisie and the Bonapartist regime in France, Toussaint had them hunted down and executed (p. 285). That tragedy, James argued, was because Toussaint “explained nothing, and allowed the masses to think that their old enemies were being favoured at their expense” (p. 284). But more importantly, James insisted, Toussaint’s failure had been the result of events beyond his control: “If he failed, it is for the same reason that the Russian socialist revolution failed, even after all its achievements—the defeat of the revolution in Europe” (p. 283). — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 1295