The REAL period accounts of the Revolution's spiritual power

SUMMARYThe REAL period accounts of the Revolution's spiritual power (deep search 2026-11-02, replacing the AI-written quotes in P154)

RECORD(1) Bois Caïman, Aug 1791: Antoine Dalmas, Histoire de la révolution de Saint-Domingue (1814), the earliest written account, says the participants prized the sacrificed pig's bristles, believing they would make them invincible; Hérard Dumesle, Voyage dans le Nord d'Haïti (1824), from oral testimony, gives the earliest version of Boukman's prayer. (2) Croix-des-Bouquets, March 1792: Hyacinthe led the attack carrying a bull's/ox tail believed to turn away bullets; his fighters rushed the cannons, some reaching into the muzzles, convinced that if killed they would rise again in Africa (Pamphile de Lacroix, Mémoires, 1819, a French general; via Madiou, Histoire d'Haïti, 1847; Schœlcher, Vie de Toussaint Louverture, 1889; J. N. Léger, Haiti: Her History and Her Detractors, 1907, which records Hyacinthe was regarded as invulnerable). (3) Romaine-la-Prophétesse (1791-92), who besieged Léogâne and Jacmel, claimed visions of the Virgin and led by prophecy (Léger 1907; Ardouin). (4) Makandal, burned 1758: the crowd believed he escaped the flames transformed (Courtin 1758; Moreau de Saint-Méry 1797). (5) Leclerc's real letters to Napoleon are published (Paul Roussier, Lettres du général Leclerc, 1937), including his late-1802 calls for war without mercy; check Roussier for exact wording before quoting

STILL NOT FOUNDthe Léogâne "dead man walking" officer, the 1794 planter, the British naval and intelligence quotes, Maitland's "led by their priests," and the jaguar sightings. Next: search ANOM (Aix) and Kew (Colonial Office series for Saint-Domingue, 1790s, and War Office in-letters; confirm call numbers in the Kew catalogue) for Maitland's real dispatches; Gallica for Pamphile de Lacroix and Dalmas full text.