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Why were some Americans not wanting to support Toussaint Louverture, leader of the Haitian Revolution?

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Americans leaders did not support Toussaint Louverture.

Step-by-step explanation:

Many of the American leaders did not .supported the Haiti Revolution and its leader Toussaint Louverture. During the Haiti Revolution many of the Americans especially the Southerners supported slavery as their economy was based on plantations. The revolt in Haiti bought fear among the Southerner's slaveholders who believed that supporting it might lead to a revolt in their plantations.

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