Slaves who fought for France at Cartagena gained their freedom

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• French indiscriminate killing drove slaves toward the insurgent camps (similarity 0.85)
• Some slaves demanded liberty by citing the Rights of Man. (similarity 0.84)
• Hegel’s master-slave dialectic drew on news of the Haitian Revolution (similarity 0.84)
• France eradicated African languages, slavery, customary law, and chieftaincies to spread republicanism. (similarity 0.83)
• France’s pacification mission triggered the war and Louverture’s rise (similarity 0.83)
• Louverture conquered the Spanish colony by imprisoning the French agent who opposed the move. (similarity 0.83)
• France’s mission was to wrest colonial control from Louverture and Rigaud (similarity 0.83)
• Eighteenth-century slave revolts were led mainly by African-born slaves (similarity 0.82)
• Planters were most shocked by the rebellion of their most trusted slaves. (similarity 0.82)
• Freed slaves turned ruined plantations into independent subsistence family plots (similarity 0.82)
• France tolerated slavery in protectorates to keep chiefs loyal (similarity 0.81)
• Toussaint Louverture pursued liberty while navigating imperial conflicts that constrained his policies (similarity 0.81)
• French-appointed canton chiefs enriched themselves at their subjects’ expense (similarity 0.81)
• Free men of color policed slaves, creating a reliance that threatened revolt. (similarity 0.80)