Today In Labor History April 7, 1804: Haitian general, Toussaint Louverture died on this day. He was one of the most prominent members of the Haitian revolution for independence from France. The slave revolt against the French began in 1791 with the call by Dutty Boukman, a vodou priest. Encouraged by the French and American revolutions. Louverture led 100,000 enslaved Haitians in revolt, winning their freedom in 1793. In 1804, Haiti became first free black republic in the world. The U.S. refused to recognize Haiti for the next 70 and France extracted millions in restitution, destroying any hope of ever moving out of deep poverty. Louverture was betrayed in the end and died in prison. For a fantastic history of the Haitian Revolution, read “The Black Jacobins,” by C.L.R.James.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #toussaintlouverture #haiti #revolution #slavery #racism #boukman #vodou #revolt #independence #BlackMastodon #prison #BlackJacobins #CLRJames #book #writer #author #nonfiction @bookstadon

Blobsoir, aujourd'hui c'était musée #vodou à #Strasblob avec une dédicace à @BergereGuerriere .

Pas de blagounettes de ma part cette fois, et de même pour vous aut', merci de ne pas faire le racisme dans les commentaires (ni ailleurs, en fait).

"Voodoo Coming into Haiti"

by Richard A. Loederer, c.1940
Works Progress Administration (WPA) artist

#voodoo #vodou #greatdepression #1930s #1940s #haiti #religion #christianity #africa #engraving #woodcut

#LegendaryWednesday 👻
Under a moonless sky, Baron Samedi grins, skull-face aglow, rum in hand.
Baron Samedi is a prominent loa in Haitian Vodou, serving as the leader of the Gede (or Guédé) family of spirits, which are deeply connected to death, magic, ancestor worship, and resurrection. 👻

The loa of the dead dances at the crossroads, guiding souls with a laugh. 🕺#Vodou #BaronSamedi #SpookySeason

"This legacy has been punished ever since. France and other powers sought to isolate Haiti as a warning to oppressed peoples elsewhere. “From colonization to today, Vodou has always been attacked and defamed,” says Dayiti. “The French cut down our sacred trees, called them works of the devil. Today they say violence is Vodou’s fault. But Vodou has always been cultural, political, and economic resistance.”

https://www.brasildefato.com.br/2025/09/23/understanding-vodou-how-haitis-religion-of-resistance-defies-centuries-of-prejudice/
#Colonialism #Vodou #Haiti #Resistance