Haiti and Kenya independence · TURNING POINT ·
Bois Caïman ceremony (1791)
On the Haiti and Kenya independence map as “Bois Caïman”
Aug 1791 — According to tradition, enslaved leaders from the northern estates met here at night, probably on 21 August. At a ceremony led by Boukman, they swore to rise. The details of the ceremony are debated; the rising on 22–23 August is not.
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- Outbreak of the Haitian Revolution (chapter 2 of Haiti and Kenya independence)
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- Two Roads to Independence: Haiti 1789–1838 and Kenya 1895–1978
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- Age of Revolutions
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