The civil war between Louverture and Rigaud was fought without mercy

Evidence

The leaders on both sides had demonized their enemies, and the fighting descended into a “delirium” in which neither side showed any mercy. “It never entered anyone’s mind to take prisoners.” The land, too, suffered; as Rigaud retreated, he commanded his troops to create a “desert of fire,” making sure they left behind only trees with their roots in the air. — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 829

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The colored-African officer conflict merely migrated into the Rigaud-Louverture rivalry; The civil war descended into merciless atrocities and scorched-earth retreat.
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: The colored-African officer conflict merely migrated into the Rigaud-Louverture rivalry; The civil war descended into merciless atrocities and scorched-earth retreat.

Broader Connections

• The civil war descended into merciless atrocities and scorched-earth retreat. #corroborates (0.95)