Thursday, August 21, 2025

Voodoo inspired the Haitian Revolution: The God of the White Man causes him to commit crimes

 https://www.boukmanacademy.com/intro-to-the-haitian-revolution/dutty-boukman

On August 21st 1791, the day before the revolution began, a Voudon ceremony was held by Dutty Boukman. Dutty Boukman was a Houngan, the title for a male Voudon priest. He was originally enslaved in Jamaica but was caught plotting an uprising on the island and was sold to a plantation owner in Saint-Domingue.

The Voudon ceremony commenced at a place called Bois Caïman in the north of the island. Boukman led the ceremony with a woman named Cecile Fatiman. Cecile Fatiman was a Mambo, the title given to a female Voudon priest. Voudon, also known as Voodoo, is a spiritual practice that combines various African traditions and beliefs into a religion. Although it is demonised and misunderstood by most Westerners, Voudon is a vibrant, sophisticated religion still practiced in Haiti, Brazil, Jamaica, and the southern United States today........

Boukman then exclaimed, “The god of the white man causes him to commit crimes; our god asks only good works of us. But this god who is so good orders revenge! He will direct our hands; he will aid us. Throw the image away of the god of the whites who thirsts for our tears and listen to the voice of liberty that speaks in the hearts of all of us.” 

 

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