Jeannot Bullet

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Jeannot Bullet was a leader of the Boukman Rebellion and a general of the early stages of the Haitian Revolution (taking the titleGrand Judge). Bullet was at the vodou ceremony at Bois Caïman. Violent and sadistic, he hated whites and lusted for freedom.

He launched vicious attacks on whites, endlessly devising gruesome methods of putting them to death. Toussaint Louverture was sickened by Bullet's attitudes and actions. (Beard, p. 55)

"Small, thin man with a forbidding manner and a veiled crafty face. He was utterly remorseless... even towards his own kind. ... He would stop at nothing to gain his own ends, he was daring, seizing quickly on chances, quick-witted and capable of total hypocrisy. He feared no one and nothing; unfortunately he found inspiration in cruelty, a sadist without the refinements that so-called civilization brings." (Parkinson, p. 40) "He hanged those he had captured by hooks stuck under their chins. He himself put out their eyes with red-hot pincers. He cut the throat of a prisoner and lapped at the blood as it flowed, encouraging those around him to join him: "Ah, my friends, how good, how sweet is the blood of the whites. Drink it deep and swear revenge against our oppressors, never peace, never surrender, I swear by God." (Parkinson, p. 43-4)

Jeannot Bullet's Execution

After being condemned to death at a trial, on the orders of Biassou, for killing a white civilian in front of his children, he screamed and sobbed and begged for mercy. He didn't stop sobbing until the guns fired.

Jean Pierre and Georges Biassou got rid of Jeannot because of his brutality and because he could get in the way of negotiations with the colonial settlers. (Bénot)

References

  • Beard, J. R. (John Relly) (1863). Toussaint L'Ouverture: A Biography and Autobiography. Chapel Hill, NC: Academic Affairs Library, UNC-CH. Online Publication
  • Bénot, Yves, Paris. The Slaves Uprising: What Were They Thinking? The Haitian Revolution: Viewed 200 Years After, an International Scholarly Conference. John Carter Brown Library, Providence, RI. June 18, 2004.
  • Parkinson, Wenda (1978). This Gilded African. London: Quartet Books. ISBN 0-7043-2187-4