Bois Caïman
August 14, 1791 · Site
Enslaved Africans met at a secret Vodou ceremony in Bois Caïman, in northern Saint-Domingue, led by Dutty Boukman. The great slave revolt that began days later started the Haitian Revolution.
Before and after
- Led to
- Haitian Revolution August 21, 1791 – January 1, 1804