Romaine-la-Prophétesse

Romaine-la-Prophétesse (circa 1750 – Possibly the mid-1790s): Though not much is known about the childhood or later life of them, what they did during the #HaitianRevolution, the most successful slave revolt in history, is. Born a free Black person in the Spanish-colonized portion of Hispaniola, they eventually moved to the French-colonized side and acquired a small coffee plantation. There they had children with Marie Roze Adam, an enslaved creole woman, and they raised three children and (unfortunately) engaged in the practice of human trafficiking common with plantation owners. However, as tensions rose in the area, they became deeply involved in the revolution, dressing in stereotypically feminine clothing and assuming the name of “Prophetess” as they led insurgents to burn plantations throughout what would eventually become Haiti. In 1792, support for the revolution waned and their base of operations was burned, and their wife and one daughter were captured, all while la Prophetesse lived on to preach. Not much else is known about their life after this point. #LGTBQIA #PrideMonth #YouCannotEraseUs #RomaineLaProphetesse