Louverture publicly defined his enemies by crime and virtue, not color

Evidence

Even if it was a simplification of the situation, the accusation that Louverture was an enemy of the colored community was a dangerous one, and he actively sought to dispel it. … “It is not color that I am fighting; it is crime,” he declared. … He was not “prejudiced against any particular class” and had men of color whom he admired and respected among his officers. “I cherish all virtuous men,” he announced. And he had not hesitated to strike out against “black men” when they were “committing murders.” — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 700

Categorization

• SEED: Louverture’s self-presentation as transcending race while commanding a race-based insurgency is a rich portrait angle for a profile of his political persona.
• XREF: connects to: Louverture’s charisma commanded genuine fear and respect across racial lines — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 593; Louverture’s authoritarian turn estranged even fellow defenders of liberty — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 775; Ideological zeal achieves moral blindness by treating enemies as categories, not persons — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 408
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Louverture’s charisma commanded genuine fear and respect across racial lines — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 593; Louverture’s authoritarian turn estranged even fellow defenders of liberty — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 775; Ideological zeal achieves moral blindness by treating enemies as categories, not persons — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 408

Broader Connections

• Ideological zeal achieves moral blindness by treating enemies as categories, not persons #complicates (0.75) — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 408