Southern cultivators refused to fight for Rigaud.

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 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: The colored-African officer conflict merely migrated into the Rigaud-Louverture rivalry; 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

Related

• The French agent Hédouville deliberately stoked division between Louverture and Rigaud (similarity 0.89)
• Rigaud framed his war against Louverture as rebellion against a master (similarity 0.89)
• The colored-African officer conflict merely migrated into the Rigaud-Louverture rivalry (similarity 0.89)
• French emissary Hédouville deliberately drove Louverture and Rigaud apart (similarity 0.88)
• Hédouville’s appointment carried suspect planter influence that Louverture distrusted (similarity 0.86)
• Hédouville’s machinations deepened the Louverture-Rigaud rift (similarity 0.85)
• Southern cultivators deserted Rigaud out of resentment toward his labor regime (similarity 0.83)
• The colored-officer conflict shifted to a looming Rigaud-Louverture rivalry (similarity 0.80)
• Discrimination against black officers drove Dieudonné to negotiate with the British (similarity 0.79)
• Louverture and Rigaud’s rivalry escalated into open war in mid-1799. (similarity 0.79)
• The south had long been a stronghold of wealthy free-coloreds led by Rigaud (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Napoleon’s recognition of Louverture’s authority fatally undermined Rigaud’s revolt #corroborates (0.55)
• The French agent Hédouville deliberately stoked division between Louverture and Rigaud #complicates (0.45) — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 810