Georges Biassou

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Georges Biassou
Georges Biassou

Georges Biassou was an early leader of the 1791 slave rising that began the Haïtian Revolution. With Jean François and Jeannot, he was prophesied by the vodou priest, Dutty Boukman, to lead the revolution. He fought with the Spanish royalists against the French Revolutionary authorities in colonial Haïti. He had Jeannot put to death for excessive cruelty. Defeated by his former ally Toussaint L'Ouverture, he remained under Spanish service and withdrew in 1795 to Florida, which was then part of the Spanish colony of Cuba.

In Florida Biassou changed his first name to Jorge. He was placed in charge of the black militia in Florida.[1]

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  1. ^ Berlin, Ira. Many Thousands Gone: The First Two Centuries of Slavery in North America (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1998) p. 306-307

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