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(died November 1791)  Dutty Boukman  was a  Jamaican -born  Haitian  slave who was one of the most visible early leaders of the  Haitian Revolution . According to some contemporary accounts, Boukman may have conducted a religious ceremony in which a freedom covenant was affirmed;  this ceremony would have been a catalyst to the slave uprising that marked the beginning of the  Haïtian Revolution . Dutty Boukman may have been a self-educated slave born on the island of  Jamaica . Some sources indicate that he was later sold by his British master to a French  plantation  owner after he attempted to teach other Jamaican slaves to read, who put him to work as a  commandeur  (slave driver) and, later, a coach driver. His French name came from his English  nickname ,  "Book Man,"  which some scholars, despite accounts suggesting that he was a Vodou  houngan , have interpreted as meaning that he may have ...

Ma'tri-arch'y   (ma'tri'ar'ki),  n.; pl.   A state or stage of social evolution in which deescent is reckoned only in the female line, all children belonging to the mother's clan.  Such a system increases the mother's social and political importance, making her the head of the family and the  guardian of religious rites  and traditions.  Hence, with many writers matriarchy means not only descent reckoned through the female line ( called uterine descent, or cognation ), but also rulership by woman.   Others, however, discriminate the rights and customs characteristic of  uterine descent , as mother-right ( adaptation of G. Mutterrrecht ), from the political or domestic supremacy of woman, known as gynecocracy, or gynocracy, " rulership by women, " or metrocracy, " rulership by mothers ." Matriarchy in the narrow sense (that is, as "mother-right") is found  among many primitive peoples ; whether it ever existed in the broade...

Legislation was passed in several colonies, beginning in 1667 in Virginia, stipulating that baptism would not change slaves’ legal status.  This led to an increase in missionary activities to slaves because conversion did not imply emancipation. Short lived do to slave revolts. Slave owners regarded the substantial time required for religious instruction as uneconomical Slave owners argued that slaves were intellectually incapable of understanding the subtleties of Christian doctrine Slave owners were uncomfortable with the concept of spiritual equality between master and slave Spiritual equality would call into question the enslavement of fellow Christians Slave owners feared that conversion would make slaves more difficult to control and perhaps precipitate insurrection Some missionaries attempted to counter this fear by arguing that conversion would make slaves more docile and industrious. This was short lived after the enslaved revolts.