Leclerc feared Christophe would burn Le Cap and massacre whites while cultivators fled.

Evidence

His hope, he wrote to the colonial minister, Denis Decrès, in Paris, had been to force Christophe’s troops to abandon Le Cap before they had a chance to “set it on fire and massacre the whites” and also to save as much as he could of the northern plain. As his army marched, cultivators on the plain fled from their plantations. — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 938

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Christophe threatened to burn Le Cap before surrendering it; Leclerc anticipated the burning of Le Cap and tried to prevent it; Haitian leaders burned Le Cap rather than surrender to Leclerc — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 940 (+1 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Christophe threatened to burn Le Cap before surrendering it; Leclerc anticipated the burning of Le Cap and tried to prevent it; Haitian leaders burned Le Cap rather than surrender to Leclerc — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 940 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Christophe threatened to burn Le Cap before surrendering it #corroborates (0.92)