Insurgent violence had forced recognition as a political force.

Evidence

In fact the insurgents had already profoundly undermined slavery, freeing tens of thousands of slaves from their (often dead) masters through violence. They had won the right to be treated as a political force. As the commissioners realized, there was little choice but to offer them amnesty in the hope of ending a conflict that could not be won by military means. — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 427

Categorization

• XREF: This echoes the pattern from the slave insurrection’s start: armed revolt wrenches a political standing that petitions never won.