The alliance that won Saint-Domingue collapsed into civil war once the British threat ended

Evidence

Louverture and Rigaud had been allies since 1794, and together they had assured the triumph of the Republic in Saint-Domingue. By 1798, between the two of them, they controlled all the troops and territory of the colony. Louverture was technically Rigaud’s superior, but in fact the latter continued to rule over the Southern Province and to command his army independently, as he had since 1793. With the end of the war with the British and the expulsion of Hédouville, however, the relationship between Louverture and Rigaud rapidly soured. Soon the two were waging a brutal civil war against each other. — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 811

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the pattern in the Algerian war for independence and many post-colonial liberation movements where the shared enemy was the only glue holding factions together.