Louverture’s maneuver to send Laveaux to Paris secured a key ally in France

Evidence

Most have interpreted Louverture’s support of Laveaux’s candidacy as a cynical ploy to rid the colony of a political competitor. Although this may be true, it is worth noting that Laveaux never complained about Louverture’s actions and that, once in Paris, he did precisely what he had been asked to do, mounting a spirited—and necessary—defense of emancipation. — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 714