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Vodou, Hoodoo & African Diasporic Religions

The Making of Haiti

The Saint Domingue Revolution from Below

by Carolyn E. Fick

A history of the Haitian Revolution focused on the enslaved masses, maroons and local leaders rather than the elite. Fick examines the role of Vodou, marronage and popular leaders such as Boukman and Romaine la Prophétesse in the uprising.

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