The Haitian Revolution is commonly known as a slave revolt that took place in what was then the French colony of Saint-Domingue. It lasted from 1791 to 1804. It peaked with the elimination of slavery and the founding of the Republic of Haiti. The Haitian Revolution is broadly known as the only slave uprising that led to the founding of an American state free from slavery and ruled by non-whites and former captives. However, many have forgotten that women have played a huge role in forcibly overthrowing of their government in favor of a new system where slavery was prohibited. Haitian men were always treated a little better than the women. When Haitians went to the market, the men rode on horses while the women walked carrying heavy loads
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Far more numerous were those women whose names were never recorded but who took part in the poisoning of slave owners; subterfuge plantations; marronage, escape from the plantations to underground camps from where attacks on the plantations were launched; and rebellions (Bell). Marie Jeanne was described as a dark colored woman who was tall and was a nurse in the Haitian Army. She fought besides her husband in the war for freedom. Marie Jeanne was either helping the wounded or fighting in combat (Cadet). She fought in traditional mens garment. This gained her much respect by the other men. She would encourage other soldiers and inspire them with her fearlessness and bravery. Cecile Fatiman was a vodou priestess and mambo who was famous for her vodou ceremonies in Bois Caiman where the Haitian Revolution first started. She was the daughter of an African slave woman and a white man and was described with long silky hair and green eyes. She helped lead the Bois ceremony that officially started the haitian revolution. The Haitian Revolution created the second independent country in the Americas after the United States became independent in 1783 and has often been described as the largest and most successful slave rebellion in the Western Hemisphere. Female slaves played a significant role in initiating the rebellion in 1791 and by 1803 they had succeeded in ending not just
Far more numerous were those women whose names were never recorded but who took part in the poisoning of slave owners; subterfuge plantations; marronage, escape from the plantations to underground camps from where attacks on the plantations were launched; and rebellions (Bell). Marie Jeanne was described as a dark colored woman who was tall and was a nurse in the Haitian Army. She fought besides her husband in the war for freedom. Marie Jeanne was either helping the wounded or fighting in combat (Cadet). She fought in traditional mens garment. This gained her much respect by the other men. She would encourage other soldiers and inspire them with her fearlessness and bravery. Cecile Fatiman was a vodou priestess and mambo who was famous for her vodou ceremonies in Bois Caiman where the Haitian Revolution first started. She was the daughter of an African slave woman and a white man and was described with long silky hair and green eyes. She helped lead the Bois ceremony that officially started the haitian revolution. The Haitian Revolution created the second independent country in the Americas after the United States became independent in 1783 and has often been described as the largest and most successful slave rebellion in the Western Hemisphere. Female slaves played a significant role in initiating the rebellion in 1791 and by 1803 they had succeeded in ending not just