Marion is born at Sarrebousse

SARREBOUSSE. Habitation situated in the commune of Léogane, where Marion was born on 2 December 1772. Cangé, the chief of the indigènes of the mornes of Grand-Goâve, came there in December 1802 and brought about a gathering. He was the only officer there who had served in the regular troops under Rigaud. The insurgents had not thought of organizing themselves into disciplined bodies. The African system of Lamour Dérance reigned among them: they fought without order, in bands. Every time they attacked Léogane, they were repulsed by European tactics, despite their numbers. Cangé assembled at Sarrebouse the chiefs of the bands of the plain: Mathieu Fourmi, Sanglaou, Pierre Louis. He had a tent put up for the chiefs, and served them a great meal at which there was an abundance of meat, provisions and tafia. The cultivators, for their part, were gathered in groups under the trees, around enormous quarters of roast beef, mutton and pork: they danced the bamboula, sang, ate, drank and grew drunk. When all heads were exalted by the vapors of the tafia, Cangé had the lambi sounded and…

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