Pétion and Clerveaux defected in a coordinated colonial revolt of October 1802

Evidence

On October 13 Pétion and Clerveaux suddenly changed sides, leading their troops to join the rebels under the command of Macaya occupying the plain nearby. They attacked the following night, taking several forts on the edges of Le Cap and forcing the French troops to retreat into the town. The defection of Pétion and Clerveaux was part of a larger coordinated uprising among the colonial troops still allied with Leclerc. — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 1020

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

Related

• Officers of color in colonial troops coordinated a mass defection to the rebel side. (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• Leclerc’s October 1802 proclamation revealed slavery was the French goal. #expands (0.50)