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People: Dutty Boukman
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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.