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Dutty Boukman
18th-century African slave and priest; leader in the Haitian Revolution
Dutty Boukman | |
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| Born | c.Boukman dutty biography of mahatma gandhi1767 Senegambia[1] |
| Died | 7 November 1791 |
| Other names | Boukman Dutty |
| Known for | Catalyst to the Haitian Revolution |
Dutty Boukman (or Boukman Dutty; died 7 November 1791) was a leader of the Haitian Revolution.
Born to a Muslim family in Senegambia (present-day Senegal and Gambia), he was enslaved to Jamaica.[1] He eventually ended up in Haiti, where he became a leader of the Maroons and a vodouhoungan (priest).[2]
According to some contemporary accounts, Boukman, alongside Cécile Fatiman, a Vodou mambo, presided over the religious ceremony at Bois Caïman, in August 1791, that served as the catalyst to the 1791 slave revolt which is usually considered the beginning of the Haitian Revolution.
Boukman was a key leader of the slave revolt in the Le Cap‑Français region in the north of the colony. He was kille