Bois Caïman

19°43′23″N 72°16′23″W / 19.723°N 72.273°W / 19.723; -72.273

Bois Caïman (French: Bois Caïman, lit. 'Gator Wood'; Bois 'Wood', Caïman 'Gator') was the site of the first major meeting of enslaved blacks during which the first major slave insurrection of the Haitian Revolution was planned.

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