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Cécile Fatiman (fl. 1791–1845) was a Haitian Vodou priestess and revolutionary. Born to an enslaved African woman and a Corsican prince, she lived her early life in slavery, before being drawn to Enlightenment ideals of " liberté, égalité, fraternité " and Haitian Vodou, which shaped her desire to end the institution of slavery in Haiti .
The most famous mambo in Haitian revolutionary history is Cécile Fatiman. Born of an enslaved woman and a slave owner, she is remembered for having performed a Vodou ceremony for hundreds of rebel slaves the night before the revolution began, inspiring them through ritual song and dance to take up the fight for freedom. [10]
Despite purported facts and embellishments that have dramatized the ceremony over the centuries, the most reoccurring anecdote is the sacrifice of a black Creole Pig to Ezili Dantor by the mambo Cécile Fatiman and the pact formed through its blood. Dalmas provided the very first written account of the sacrifice:
Cécile Fatiman is a Haitian manbo famously known for sacrificing a black pig in the August 1791 Vodou ceremony at Bois Caïman—an act that is said to have ignited the Haitian Revolution. [8] There are also notable manbos within the United States.
Cecile Fatiman: Jean-Louis Pierrot: 1845–1846 Laurence Raphael: Jean-Baptiste Riché: 1846–1847 Adélina Lévêque (1820–1878) Faustin Soulouque (President, then Emperor) 1847–1859 Empress Consort of Haiti from 1849 until 1859 Marguerite Lorvana McIntosh: Fabre Geffrard: 1859–1867 Marie-Louise Augustin Sinni: Nissage Saget ...
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At this meeting, a Vodou ceremony was performed, and all those present swore to die rather than to endure the continuation of slavery on the island. Following the ritual led by Boukman and a mambo named Cécile Fatiman, the insurrection started on the night of August 22–23, 1791. Boukman was killed in an ambush soon after the revolution began.