François Mackandal
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Gender | Male |
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Born | Guinea |
Date of died | January 20,1758 |
Died | Cap-Haitien |
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1758 | |
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ID | 506964 |
François Mackandal Life story
François Mackandal was a Haitian Maroon leader in the French colony of Saint-Domingue. He is sometimes described as a Haitian vodou priest, or houngan. For joining Maroons to kill slave owners in Saint-Domingue, he was captured and burned alive by French colonial authorities.