Rigaud framed his war against Louverture as rebellion against a master

Evidence

Hédouville intentionally treated Rigaud more warmly than he did Louverture, seeking to create jealousy between the two men. Before he was expelled from the colony a few months later, Hédouville planted another “seed of contention” between them. In a letter to Rigaud, Hédouville criticized the “perfidy of General Toussaint Louverture, who is sold to the English, the émigrés, and the Americans.” “I absolve you entirely of the authority he was given as general-in-chief,” he wrote, and invited Rigaud “to take command of the Department of the South.” — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 810 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Rigaud’s career began in the free-colored armed revolt of 1791; Napoleon’s recognition of Louverture’s authority fatally undermined Rigaud’s revolt; The French agent Hédouville deliberately stoked division between Louverture and Rigaud — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 810 (+1 more)

Related

• The French agent Hédouville deliberately stoked division between Louverture and Rigaud (similarity 0.89)
• Southern cultivators refused to fight for Rigaud. (similarity 0.89)
• French emissary Hédouville deliberately drove Louverture and Rigaud apart (similarity 0.87)
• Hédouville’s appointment carried suspect planter influence that Louverture distrusted (similarity 0.87)
• Louverture undermined a rival by suborning his lieutenant’s defection. (similarity 0.84)
• Hédouville’s machinations deepened the Louverture-Rigaud rift (similarity 0.84)
• Louverture and Rigaud’s rivalry escalated into open war in mid-1799. (similarity 0.83)
• Official French confirmation of Louverture’s authority broke Rigaud’s revolt (similarity 0.81)
• The colored-African officer conflict merely migrated into the Rigaud-Louverture rivalry (similarity 0.81)
• Rigaud’s revolt ignited uprisings across the colony and assassination attempts on Louverture (similarity 0.79)
• Louverture won Dieudonné’s troops by encouraging a mutiny against him. (similarity 0.79)
• The colored-officer conflict shifted to a looming Rigaud-Louverture rivalry (similarity 0.79)
• Louverture’s authoritarian turn estranged even fellow defenders of liberty (similarity 0.79)
• Louverture defeated Rigaud by securing US naval support against him (similarity 0.79)
• Rigaud rejected the accusation of racism by citing his own black kin and teachers (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Napoleon’s recognition of Louverture’s authority fatally undermined Rigaud’s revolt #expands (0.60)
• The French agent Hédouville deliberately stoked division between Louverture and Rigaud #corroborates (0.50) — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 810
• Louverture undermined a rival by suborning his lieutenant’s defection. #complicates (0.50)