16079: Vishnusurf: Re: 16024: Dannenbaum: Bwa Kayiman (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: VISHNUSURF@aol.com

this is very interesting, but as an historian i would caution against citing
this as boukman's sermon... it almost reads as if it was translated into
creole from the french or the english.  also, there is some debate as to whether
the ceremony at bois caiman ever really even took place.  until someone does a
more thorough historical anaylsis of the primary source material than he did
some time ago, hoffmann's thesis remains compelling: the whole story may have
been concocted by racist frenchmen trying to portray haitians as bloodthirsty
savages.  the last part, anyway, is believable.