1790-mid
1790-mid: The colony descends into confusion as whites divide into factions and the free coloreds make militant demands for equality.
1790-mid: The colony descends into confusion as whites divide into factions and the free coloreds make militant demands for equality. This internal fragmentation among the ruling classes provided the opportunity for the enslaved population to organize.
Source · p. 28
Nicholls, From Dessalines to Duvalier, 28