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1799

1799: The “War of the Knives” begins as a regional power struggle between Toussaint and André Rigaud.

1799: The “War of the Knives” begins as a regional power struggle between Toussaint and André Rigaud. This civil conflict determined who would hold supreme power over a unified Saint-Domingue.

Source Bell, Toussaint Louverture: A Biography, 88; Geggus, Haitian Revolutionary Studies, 21-22; Nicholls, From Dessalines to Duvalier, 29