Francois macandal biography
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Francois macandal biography
François Mackandal
Haitian Maroon leader
François Mackandal (c.&#;c.&#;) was a Haitian Maroon leader in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti). He is sometimes described as a Haitian vodoupriest, or houngan.
For joining the Maroons to kill slave owners in Saint-Domingue, he was captured and burned alive by French colonial authorities.[1] His actions were seen as a precursor to the Haitian Revolution.
Haitian historian Thomas Madiou states that Mackandal "had instruction and possessed the Arabic language very well."[2] Early sources identify him as coming from the Atlas Mountains which span the Maghreb,[3] but contemporary scholars such as Sylviane Diouf have speculated that he may have been from the modern day nations of Senegal, Mali, or Guinea.[4] According to contemporary accounts of the time, during his interrogation he repeated the Arabic-language Shahada (Muslim testimony of faith) several times and even translat