The August 1791 Collection

In August of 1791, enslaved Africans gathered together in the Bois CaÏman (Alligator Woods) in Haiti under the leadership of the great Cecile Fatiman and the Houngan (priest) Dutty Boukman. They performed rituals and ceremony in the African Spiritual traditions of Vodou and Ifa to channel the protection and power of Ogun and Ezili Dantor. This symbol would have been seen during that ceremony. It is a veve and it's used as a beacon. They would go on to push the French out of Haiti in what history would come to know as the greatest and most successful rebellion of enslaved people in modern times. They loved freedom and so do we so we honor them with the August 1791 Collection.