A blood-oath pact from West Africa sealed the conspirators’ secrecy and revenge.
Evidence
Those assembled took an oath of secrecy and revenge, sealed by drinking the blood of a black pig sacrificed before them. It was a form of pact probably derived from the traditions of West Africa. — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 342
Categorization
- DEFINE: Clarifies the West African derivation of the oath-and-revenge pact structure at Bois-CaĂŻman.