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Landmark
Dutty Boukman
c. 1800 – 1791
Leader of the Bois Caïman ceremony that began the revolution
Landmark is level 2 of 4 in the Haiti Hall of Fame: a first that opened a door, or the pre-eminent figure of their generation in this country. See how the levels work.
Why they are here
A Vodou priest and leader of the enslaved who presided at the Bois Caïman ceremony of August 1791, which launched the great uprising in the north.
Boukman was killed by French troops within months of the revolt beginning, but the uprising he helped start became the Haitian Revolution.
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