The colored-officer conflict shifted to a looming Rigaud-Louverture rivalry

Evidence

The tensions that had been smoldering between the colored officers and the leaders of the “African bands” were not resolved, just transferred into the beginnings of a conflict between Rigaud and Louverture. — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 686

Categorization

• XREF: This is the seed of the later War of Knives between Rigaud and Louverture, a major turning point in the revolution’s arc.