In his November speech Laveaux had predicted that under the rule of Louverture, Saint-Domingue would soon be as “prosperous as it was in 1788,” cultivated by “hands forever freed from slavery.” To some extent he was right. Louverture would soon bring the imperial war for Saint- Domingue to a close, and in the next years oversee an impressive rebuilding of the economy. But there would not be peace in Saint-Domingue.

Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ …, loc. 306