as an image of Boukman Dutty, it was actually
the rebel general Biassou (J.-C. Dorsainvil,
Histoire d'Haiti, Henri Deschamps,
Port-au-Prince, 1934 ff, p. 78). Boukman
was beheaded fairly early in the revolution
and no portraits of him survived.
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Although this picture has been described as an image of Boukman Dutty, it was actually the rebel general Biassou (J.-C. Dorsainvil, Histoire d'Haiti, Henri Deschamps, Port-au-Prince, 1934 ff, p. 78). Boukman was beheaded fairly early in the revolution and no portraits of him survived. |
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This image is known as Mater Salvatoris, the Blessed Virgin Mary as the "Mother of Our Savior." The Madonna's right hand points towards her child. This image is adapted from the Black Madonna of Czestochowa. It is popularly used to represent Ezili Dantor. It is sometimes sold on candles in botanicas under the name Santa Barbara Africana. |
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Black Madonna of Czestochowa The Madonna and Child are dark-skinned. The Madonna has two scars on her right cheek from when Poland’s sacred Catholic icon was damaged. |
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The "Neg Mawon", the Freed Slave, 1968, by architect and sculptor Albert Mangones, was erected in honor of these women and men. The statue is well known in Port-au-Prince. It stands adjacent to the Palais National in the Haitian capital. (photo by Bill Bollendorf) http://www.artshaitian.com/Pages/legrace.html |
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