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1791-Oct

1791-Oct: Formation of Rebel Military Structure: Rebel camps consolidated in the mountains.

1791-Oct: Formation of Rebel Military Structure: Rebel camps consolidated in the mountains. Leaders such as Jean-François, Biassou, and Boukman organized disciplined fighting forces. Significance: Demonstrates that enslaved insurgents quickly developed military coordination and territorial control. Nuance: Fick stresses that early revolutionary authority came from collective leadership, not yet from Toussaint Louverture. The movement was decentralized and plantation-based.

Source Fick, The Making of Haiti pp112-120