Romaine-la-Prophétesse
Also known as: Romaine la Prophétesse · Romaine-la-Prophetesse · Romaine la Prophetesse · Romaine the Prophetess · Romaine Rivière · Romaine Riviere · Romain Rivière · Romain Riviere
Romaine-la-Prophétesse, born Romaine Rivière around 1750 in Santo Domingo, was a free black coffee plantation owner and leader of an uprising early in the Haitian Revolution.
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Romaine-la-Prophétesse: Saint-Domingue
In 1791, in response to rising racial tensions in Saint-Domingue and to an armed group gathered at a nearby plantation, Romaine and followers burned that plantation and others throughout southern Haiti, freeing thousands of enslaved people.
Romaine-la-Prophétesse: Saint-Domingue, August 1791
In 1791, in response to rising racial tensions in Saint-Domingue and to an armed group gathered at a nearby plantation, Romaine and followers burned that plantation and others throughout southern Haiti, freeing thousands of enslaved people.