White troops openly defied Sonthonax’s order to integrate army units

Evidence

With the support of Rochambeau and another officer, Etienne Laveaux, he placed at least one officer of color in each of the army units stationed in the town. The local Regiment du Cap, however, boldly refused to accept any such officers. Sonthonax commanded that they assemble, along with other units, on the town plaza to take an oath declaring they would obey the April 4 decree. The troops assembled, but, as several hundred freecoloreds led by Pierre Pinchinat watched, they refused to take the oath. — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 504