Founder Principle
The Founder Principle is a concept within the context of spirit migration in Haitian Vodou. It refers to the idea that a select group of spirits from the Rites of the Bight of Benin migrated to the Rites of West…
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Vodou Rites
Agent
most senior French colonial envoy
Ancien Régime
French political system pre-1789 French Revolution
Artibonite
Saint-Domingue’s largest river.
Cabildos
municipalities in the Spanish territory of Santo Domingo
Cercle
gatherings at which Toussaint met members of the public
Creole
native of Saint-Domingue, no matter the color
Cultivateur
plantation worker, postrevolution; aka slave prerevolution
Curé
priest
