Slaves revolted out of love of liberty, not external instigation.

Evidence

As Jean-Philippe Garran-Coulon, author of a long official report on the “troubles” of the colonies published in the late 1790s, argued, the slaves of Saint-Domingue (like those who followed Spartacus in Rome) had been moved to action not by the actions of instigators but rather by the “genius of liberty,” which had incited them to “break their chains.” If they had been encouraged by the talk of liberty in the colony, and by the “unthinking” statements of some whites, the slaves had no “instigator” other than “the love of liberty and hatred for their oppressors.” “Slaves are in a permanent state of war with their masters and the government that maintains slavery. — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 358

Categorization

• XREF: The ‘permanent state of war’ framing echoes the claim in the prior excerpt about denied agency, and resonates with the editor’s purpose of following how the slaves became the true force of their own revolution. — connects to: Some slaves demanded liberty by citing the Rights of Man.; Liberty itself, not outside instigators, incited the slaves to revolt; Some slave insurgents grounded their revolt claims in the Rights of Man (+2 more)
• QUESTION: Garran-Coulon reports on ‘troubles’ in the 1790s — his official position colors this pro-Republican reading of slave agency; worth noting the political stakes of who got credited as instigator.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 358

Broader Connections

• Liberty itself, not outside instigators, incited the slaves to revolt #corroborates (0.95)
• Some slave insurgents grounded their revolt claims in the Rights of Man #expands (0.50)