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The 1791 Haitian Revolution Begins: Bois Caïman Ceremony
In August 1791, on a humid night in the forests of Saint-Domingue, a Vodou ceremony at a place called Bois Caïman ignited the largest slave revolt in the Americas — one that would ultimately destroy the French empire's most profitable colony and create the first Black republic. This episode takes you inside that night: the priest Dutty Boukman, the mambo Cécile Fatiman, the animal sacrifice, and the oath of rebellion. We explore the political chaos of the French Revolution that made the uprising possible, the alliance between enslaved Africans and free people of color, and the brutal…
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