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Why did Louverture and his followers fight alongside the French?

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Two factors transformed the conflict. One was the war against Revolutionary France and the desperate need of its Jacobin leaders for allies. The other was the radical leadership of the black general Toussaint L'Ouverture. ... Most black generals had been fighting alongside France's enemies.

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