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A Vodou ceremony, led by Dutty Boukman, turns into a violent slave rebellion, beginning the Haitian Revolution.
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Bois Caïman
1791 ceremony in which the Haitian Revolution was planned
Bois Caïman was the site of the first major meeting of enslaved blacks during which the first major slave insurrection of the Haitian Revolution was planned.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Dutty Boukman
18th-century African slave and priest; leader in the Haitian Revolution
Dutty Boukman was a leader of the Haitian Revolution. Born to a Muslim family in Senegambia, he was initially enslaved in Jamaica. He eventually ended up in Haiti, where he may have become a leader of the maroons and a vodou houngan (priest), however this claim only originated…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Haitian Revolution
1791–1804 slave revolt in Hispanola
The Haitian Revolution was a successful insurrection by rebellious self-liberated enslaved Africans against French colonial rule in Saint-Domingue, now the sovereign state of Haiti. The revolution was the only known slave rebellion in human history that led to the founding of a…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)