Georges Biassou was an early leader of the 1791 slave rising that began the Haïtian Revolution. The Revolution (1791–1804 was the most successful of African Slave rebellions in the Western Hemisphere With Jean François and Jeannot, he was prophesied by the vodou priest, Dutty Boukman, to lead the revolution. Jean François Papillon was a leader of the 1791 slave uprising that began the Haïtian Revolution. Jeannot was a leader of the 1791 slave rising that began the Haïtian Revolution. vodoo, vodun, or vodoun may refer to any of West African vodun, a west African religion Haitian vodou, mostly derived Dutty Boukman was a houngan, or vodoun priest whose death was considered a catalyst to the slave uprising that marked the beginning of the Haïtian Revolution He fought with the Spanish royalists against the French Revolutionary authorities in colonial Haïti. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. The French Revolution (1789–1799 was a period of political and social upheaval in the History of France, during which the French governmental structure previously an Saint-Domingue was a French Colony on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola from 1659 to 1804 when it became the independent nation of He had Jeannot put to death for excessive cruelty. Jeannot was a leader of the 1791 slave rising that began the Haïtian Revolution. Defeated by his former ally Toussaint L'Ouverture, he remained under Spanish service and withdrew in 1795 to Florida, which was then part of the Spanish colony of Cuba. François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the This article is about a type of political territory For other uses see Colony (disambiguation. The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la
In Florida Biassou changed his first name to Jorge. He was placed in charge of the black militia in Florida. [1]
Sources
- ^ Berlin, Ira. Many Thousands Gone: The First Two Centuries of Slavery in North America (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1998) p. 306-307
External links
- The Louverture Project: Georges Biassou
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