Bois Caïman
Historical place in HaitiWikipedia
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Aug 21, 2026
Olly MannHOST
Voodoo ceremonies can involve singing and dancing and sometimes animal sacrifice.
Olly MannHOST
But today in history, in 1791, the animal that ended up dead was human, or more to the point, many thousands of humans because this particular voodoo ceremony at Bois Caïman in modern-day Haiti was the start of a slave rebellion that kicked off the Haitian Revolution.
Arion McNicollHOST
Yes.
Arion McNicollHOST
It was led by the Jamaican voodoo priest Dutty Zamba Boukman.