Militia reform attempts provoked joint white and free-colored planter uprisings

Evidence

When the governors who succeeded him tried to strengthen the militia units in the colony, they triggered an uprising in which white and free-colored planters in some parts of the colony joined forces in violent protest. — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 236

Categorization

• XREF: The alliance of white and free-colored planters here contrasts with their later split, illustrating the shifting coalitions of the revolution.