Haitian revolution

HISTORY: Today in Haitian History – August 23, 1791 – Saint-Domingue’s Northern slaves revolt against their masters. | Neo-Griot

"Dessalines Ripping the White From the Flag" (1995). Madsen Mompremier (b. 1952, Gonaïves). Oil on canvas. Fowler Museum at UCLA. Image credit: University of California

Black Eritaj Profiles François Capois, also known as Capois-La-Mort, was a prominent figure in the Haitian Revolution, celebrated for his extraordinary bravery and leadership during the struggle for independence. #HaitianRevolution #HaitianHistory #IndependenceHero #DessalinesFamily #HaitiIndependence #BattleOfVertières #HaitianHeroes #RevolutionaryLeader #Haiti #HaitianPride #HistoricalFigures #BlackHistory #FreedomFighter #HaitianLegacy #MilitaryHistory @followers @BlackEritaj @everyone…

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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.

Haitian Independence Day on January 1, 1804 celebrates the declaration of independence of the only nation to free itself from human slavery.