The War of the South is usually read as a racial conflict

Evidence

The “War of the South,” as the conflict is usually called, is often presented as a racial conflict pitting Louverture’s black army against Rigaud’s free-coloreds. — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 812

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Related

• The War of the South was not simply a black-versus-free-colored race war. (similarity 0.85)
• The south had long been a stronghold of wealthy free-coloreds led by Rigaud (similarity 0.84)
• The War of the South crossed racial lines on both sides despite appearances (similarity 0.84)
• The colored-officer conflict shifted to a looming Rigaud-Louverture rivalry (similarity 0.79)