Labruni was a bossale band chief who served as one of Petit-Noël Prieur's three principal lieutenants at Rivière Salée in 1802, where Madiou credits him and his co-commanders Cagnet and Grand Boucan with 'd'une rare intrépidité' (rare intrepidity).
He is listed among the declared enemies of Christophe and Dessalines — the African-born commanders who refused subordination to the Creole generals during the war within the war. Jean Casimir includes him by name in his catalogue of bossale leaders the Haitian elite considered 'too embarrassing' to commemorate, because acknowledging them means acknowledging that the revolution's African-born majority had a distinct vision of freedom that the post-independence state suppressed.
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- Allied withJacques Tellier
Both named among the bossale band chiefs in Madiou's roster of declared enemies of Christophe and Dessalines.
- Allied withSans Souci
Ardouin lists Labruni among the bossale band leaders affiliated with Sans-Souci's network of commanders who refused Christophe and Dessalines.