Southern cultivators deserted Rigaud out of resentment toward his labor regime

Evidence

Their refusal to support Rigaud, probably to some extent simply a pragmatic choice, was also a sign of the hostility many felt toward the labor regime to which they had been subjected during the past years. If they hoped for better under Louverture’s rule, however, they were to be disappointed. — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 830

Categorization

• XREF: Ties directly to the arc’s recurring tension: cultivators resent enforced labor regimes regardless of which leader imposes them, echoing their earlier treatment under both sides. — connects to: The southern elite that backed Rigaud were wealthy free-coloreds. — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 812