Dalmas: Bois Caïman Extraction Source: Antoine Dalmas, Histoire de la révolution de Saint-Domingue (1814)

Dalmas: Bois Caïman Extraction Source: Antoine Dalmas, Histoire de la révolution de Saint-Domingue (1814) Location: dalmas vol1.txt Language: French (original OCR) 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.