Also known as: Muslim presence in Saint-Domingue, Islam in Saint-Domingue
Last updated: April 23, 2026
Islam in Saint-Domingue refers to the presence and historical importance of Muslim captives, literacy traditions, Qur'anic protection practices, and Islamic social worlds within the colony's enslaved population. In the resistance archive this appears most clearly in discussions of Mackandal, Senegambian captives, and amulets containing written prayers.
Boukman Dutty
François Mackandal
The Marmelade network's ritual practices drew on diverse African religious traditions; Eddins situates Islam-in-Saint-Domingue as one strand within the plural ritual world the network inhabited.
Gris Gris
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