War of Knives

War of Knives
Part of the Haitian Revolution and the Quasi-War
Date June 1799 – July 1800 Location Jacmel, Saint-Domingue Result Pro-Toussaint victory Toussaint assumes control of the entirety of Saint-Domingue Rigaud & mixed-race officers flee into exile Reprisals & massacres against Rigaud supporters
Belligerents
Pro-Toussaint forces Naval support:  United States	Pro-Rigaud forces
Commanders and leaders
Toussaint Louverture Henri Christophe Jean-Jacques Dessalines	André Rigaud Alexandre Pétion
Strength
45,000	15,000

The War of Knives (French: Guerre des couteaux), also known as the War of the South, was a civil war from June 1799 to July 1800 between the Haitian revolutionary Toussaint Louverture, a black ex-slave who controlled the north of Saint-Domingue (modern-day Haiti), and his adversary André Rigaud, a mixed-race free person of color who controlled the south.^[1] Louverture and Rigaud fought over de facto control of the French colony of Saint-Domingue during the war. Their conflict followed the withdrawal of British forces from the colony earlier during the Haitian Revolution. The war resulted in Toussaint taking control of the entirety of Saint-Domingue, and Rigaud fleeing into exile.