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1797-Aug.

1797-Aug.: Toussaint Louverture accuses Commissioner Sonthonax of plotting independence and forces his departure.

1797-Aug.: Toussaint Louverture accuses Commissioner Sonthonax of plotting independence and forces his departure. This removal left Toussaint as the nearly undisputed authority in the French-controlled regions.

Source Geggus, Haitian Revolutionary Studies, 21; Bell, Toussaint Louverture: A Biography, 75; Nicholls, From Dessalines to Duvalier, 29