I think the reason things were so brutal on both sides in haiti was that there were about 32 French for every 500 slaves. So in that context terror and genocide

I think the reason things were so brutal on both sides in haiti was that there were about 32 French for every 500 slaves. So in that context terror and genocide in reaction to terror make more sense. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1070615/estimated-population-haiti-1789-by-slave-status-and-race/#:~:text=In%201789%2C%20on%20the%20eve,population%20of%20556%20thousand%20people https://www.statista.com/statistics/1070615/estimated-popula.... In contrast outside the black belt and the delta regions slavery in the US was a minority thing. When you have a oppressed majority then you have a potential powder keg. Slavery was wrong regardless.