Complex sentence: While acknowledging the cross-influences, most historians today distinguish the Haitian Revolution from the French Revolution, and even from the mulattos' earlier armed conflicts, which sought political rights for them, but not the abolition of slavery.
Split into simpler sentences: While acknowledging the cross-influences, most historians nowadays distinguish the Haitian Revolution from the French Revolution. Some even separate it from the mulattos' earlier armed conflicts, which at first sought political rights for them, but not the abolition of slavery.