The insurgent army swelled from 2,000 to 10,000 in four days.
Evidence
Estimated as 2,000 strong on August 23, by August 27 the insurgents were “reckoned 10,000 strong, divided into 3 armies, of whom 700 or 800 are on horseback, and tolerably well armed,” though the rest were “almost without arms.” An army was gathering on the plain, and there seemed no way to stop it. — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 328
Categorization
Category: Factual Claims
Related
- The rebel slave force grew from 2,000 to 10,000 men within four days (similarity 0.92)
- The 1791 insurgency mobilized at least 20,000 rebels within weeks (similarity 0.80)
- Insurgents transformed from laborers into a disciplined armed force within months (similarity 0.79)