Haitian revolution

François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture was a Haitian general and the most prominent leader of the Haitian Revolution. During his life, Louverture first fought against the French, then for them, and then finally against France again for the cause of Haitian independence. As a revolutionary leader, Louverture displayed military and political acumen that helped transform the fledgling slave rebellion into a revolutionary movement. Louverture is now known as the "Father of Haiti."

In 1791, Cecile Fatiman presided over a ceremony with Dutty Boukman. An animal was sacrificed, an oath taken, and they exhorted listeners to seek revenge against their French oppressors, to "Cast aside the image of the God of the oppressors." A week later, 1800 plantations had been destroyed and 1000 slaveholders killed. Fatiman was married to Louis Michel Pierrot, a general in the Haitian revolutionary army and later president. She is reported to have lived to age 112.

Dutty Boukman (Also known as "Boukman Dutty") (died 7 November 1791) was an early leader of the Haitian Revolution, enslaved in Jamaica and later in Haiti. He is considered to have been both a leader of maroons and Vodou hougan (priest). Boukman alongside Cécile Fatiman, a Vodou mambo, presided over the religious ceremony at Bois Caïman, in August 1791, that served as the catalyst to the 1791 slave revolt which is usually considered the beginning of the Haitian Revolution.

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Women of the Haitian Revolution

It's January 1st, Haitian Independence Day. France had ruled the colony of Saint-Domingue as part of its empire since 1659. However, in 1791, a group of enslaved persons, inspired by the American and French Revolutions, began an epic struggle for freedom that culminated in victory on this day in 1804. The resultant declaration of independence proclaimed that the new republic would forever after be known as "Haiti," which means "High Land" in the Native American Taino language. Peace… Jamiese

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Black Majesty: King Henri of Haiti artdream Henri Christophe (6 October 1767 – 8 October 1820) was a former slave of Bambara ethnicity, and key leader in the Haitian Revolution, which succeeded in gaining independence from France in 1804.