EVENT INFORMATION

14
Augustus
1791

A revolutionary gathering at Bois Caïman precedes the Saint-Domingue uprising

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📅 14 Augustus 1791 📍

A gathering remembered as Bois Caïman is associated with the coordination of the revolt that began days later. The event’s details come largely through later and colonial accounts, but the uprising itself was organized by enslaved people whose political action transformed the Atlantic world.

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Personen in deze gebeurtenis

Dutty Boukman

enslaved organizers

Organisaties in dit Evenement

Saint-Domingue plantation communities