Romaine-la-Prophétesse

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Romaine-la-Prophétesse, a religious leader of slave insurrections in Saint-Domingue whose campaign lasted from the summer of 1791 to March of the following year. Romaine-la-Prophétesse claimed to be the godson of the Virgin Mary, who commanded him to raid plantations, and kill whites.