Rébellion

Bois Caïman

14 août 1791 · 19.72° N, 72.27° W

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14 août 1791
Type
Rébellion
Coordonnées
19.72° N, 72.27° W
Description
Voodoo ceremony that started the Haitian Revolution in 1791

Bois Caïman

1791 ceremony in which the Haitian Revolution was planned

Bois Caïman was the site of the first major meeting of enslaved Africans during which the first major slave insurrection of the Haitian Revolution was planned. In the woods by nearby Le Cap in the French colony of Saint-Domingue, 200 enslaved Africans met, marking the beginning for the Haitian Revolution.

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