The Haitian insurrection was coordinated by plantation delegates at an August 1791 meeting

Evidence

Just over a week before the insurrection began, on Sunday, August 14, 200 slaves gathered on the Lenormand de Mézy plantation in a parish called Morne-Rouge. They were delegates from plantations throughout the central region of the northern plain, including the parishes of Limbé, Petite- Anse (where the Gallifet plantations were), Port Margot, Limonade, Plaine du Nord, and Quartier Morin. There had been meetings like this before, and in fact they were common enough that several planters had given their slaves permission to attend what they described as a “dinner.” But this meeting was special: final plans were made for a mass uprising. — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 330

Categorization

• DEFINE: Establishes the precise date and place — August 14, 1791, Morne-Rouge — that anchors the whole insurrection narrative.