The Voodoo Priest Dutty Boukman led a ceremony asking for blessings and power from their ancestors, then on August 22nd 1791, a thousand enslaved Africans attacked their masters, poisoning and cutting their masters were machetes. They were getting even, but as they were to be free, they must inflict the same amount of pain and suffering that their masters did on them. Toussaint’s reaction to this was to protect his master’s family, and a reasoning of this was that he wasn’t a slave per say, but was more of an servant and felt humanity so it was only right that he show the same to his master and his family. I feel that Toussaint’s upbringing was crucial to his leadership role in the revolution. Another tool that helped with the revolution was the mass influx of rebels coming in from France, a notable one being a revolutionary who was an abolitionist. A perfect fit for the county in a way as Toussaint needed someone like
The Voodoo Priest Dutty Boukman led a ceremony asking for blessings and power from their ancestors, then on August 22nd 1791, a thousand enslaved Africans attacked their masters, poisoning and cutting their masters were machetes. They were getting even, but as they were to be free, they must inflict the same amount of pain and suffering that their masters did on them. Toussaint’s reaction to this was to protect his master’s family, and a reasoning of this was that he wasn’t a slave per say, but was more of an servant and felt humanity so it was only right that he show the same to his master and his family. I feel that Toussaint’s upbringing was crucial to his leadership role in the revolution. Another tool that helped with the revolution was the mass influx of rebels coming in from France, a notable one being a revolutionary who was an abolitionist. A perfect fit for the county in a way as Toussaint needed someone like