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