Dutty Boukman
Jamaican born houngan, or Haitian priest
Years: 1750 - 1791
Dutty Boukman (Boukman Dutty) (died ca.
1791) is a Jamaican born houngan, or Haitian priest who conducts a religious ceremony in Haiti in which a freedom covenant is affirmed; this ceremony is considered a catalyst to the slave uprising that marks the beginning of the Haïtian Revolution.
