Dalmas: Bois Caïman Extraction Source: Antoine Dalmas, Histoire de la révolution de Saint-Domingue (1814)
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Dalmas: Bois Caïman Extraction Source: Antoine Dalmas, Histoire de la révolution de Saint-Domingue (1814)
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Dalmas: Bois Caïman Extraction Source: Antoine Dalmas, Histoire de la révolution de Saint-Domingue (1814)
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Format: Primary Source — Eyewitness Account About the Source Antoine Dalmas was a colonial physician present in Saint-Domingue during the revolution. His 1814 account contains the earliest published description of the Bois Caïman ceremony — written 23 years after the event but drawing on eyewitness testimony gathered at the time. Critical context: Dalmas was hostile to the revolution and wrote from a colonial perspective.
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