Did zombies represent slavery during the Hattian revolution? Looking back at the Hattian revolution which was during the 17th-18th centuries. During this time slavery was going on and they would get Hattians and Africans to come to France and harvest sugar plantation fields. Slaves were worked to death within a few years causing the French to capture and import slaves(mariani). Masters were getting sick and tired of their slaves killing themselves so they would take advantage of what they heard and tell them that they would turn into zombies and basically not reaching the motherland. The Hattians believed that if they were to kill themselves that they would return to Africa where they can be free from slavery. Hattians slaves were treated like
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In 1804 when the French colonialism came to an end the zombie became part of Hati’s folklore. It was in the voodoo religion and Hattians were believing that dead bodies were brought back to life by shamans and voodoo priest(wade). In the Hattian culture it was believed that there were 2 types of death which was sickness and Gods will, unnaturally death was usually murder and before their time. The people who died unnaturally or in this case commit suicide to avoid slavery they would linger at their own graves and are unable to join their family members until Gods approval. In Hattian folklore it was believed that their souls were vulnerable to a power sorcerer named Bokor and lock their souls in an un-living body(wade). Bokor Is a traditional priest who can do good or evil, he can help souls find their way to heaven instead of being a zombie just wandering around. Bokor also had the powers of doing the complete opposite and turn the dead body into a zombie by putting their souls in their own undying body. A lot of slaves resorted to killing themselves as an option due to the conditions or they didn’t want to work as a slave, but after finding out that the Bokor could do such things they always second guessed about killing
In 1804 when the French colonialism came to an end the zombie became part of Hati’s folklore. It was in the voodoo religion and Hattians were believing that dead bodies were brought back to life by shamans and voodoo priest(wade). In the Hattian culture it was believed that there were 2 types of death which was sickness and Gods will, unnaturally death was usually murder and before their time. The people who died unnaturally or in this case commit suicide to avoid slavery they would linger at their own graves and are unable to join their family members until Gods approval. In Hattian folklore it was believed that their souls were vulnerable to a power sorcerer named Bokor and lock their souls in an un-living body(wade). Bokor Is a traditional priest who can do good or evil, he can help souls find their way to heaven instead of being a zombie just wandering around. Bokor also had the powers of doing the complete opposite and turn the dead body into a zombie by putting their souls in their own undying body. A lot of slaves resorted to killing themselves as an option due to the conditions or they didn’t want to work as a slave, but after finding out that the Bokor could do such things they always second guessed about killing