Religious practice helped organize and sustain the slave insurrection

Evidence

The story of the Bois-Caïman ceremony symbolizes the place religious practice had in the slave insurrection. The insurrection of 1791 required community and leaders, and there is little doubt that, in one way or another, religious practices facilitated the process of its organization. Once the insurrection began, religion helped inspire insurgents, and solidified the power of certain leaders. — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 346