... remarkably few books written about the subject as well, so the information gathered in this essay comes from quite a variety of sources. B Summary of evidence In a report read at the Harriet Tubman seminar in November 1999, Robin Law at the university of Scotland said the following about the Bois Caiman ceremony "According to the received story, the ceremony was presided over by one of the prospective leaders of the rebellion, Boukman, and involved the slaughter of a black pig, and the drinking of its blood by those assembled, who then swore obedience to Boukman."1 Historian David Geggus points that there were in fact two meetings. The first one was held at 14th of August and brought together over 200 delegates at the Mezy plantation. Then there was a second meeting held a few days later, but this meeting was more secret, and harder to piece together. 2 Historian Bob Corbett ...

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