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}}'''Makandal''' (also spelled '''Mackandal''') was a rebel, prophet, terrorist leader, magician, and messiah during the slave revolts in [[Hispaniola]]. | }}'''Makandal''' (also spelled '''Mackandal''') was a rebel, prophet, terrorist leader, magician, and messiah during the slave revolts in [[Hispaniola]]. | ||
Makandal gained notoreity for his skill at organising [[Europe]]an-style schools and training camps. This campaign | Makandal gained notoreity for his skill at organising [[Europe]]an-style schools and training camps. This campaign organised Hispaniola's many rebel leaders into an intelligence/[[terrorist]] network that spread across the entire island. He incorporated an [[occult]]ist element into their practices, mixing [[Catholic]] [[saint]]s with [[voodoo|vodun]] rituals. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)|The Adventuress of Henrietta Street]]'') | ||
He was captured and sentenced in [[1758]], but he claimed that no white or European authority could restrain him and, rather than dying, he would simply change form when burned on the stake. Indeed, as the fire consumed him, the stake broke and collapsed. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)|The Adventuress of Henrietta Street]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[Bêtes Noires & Dark Horses (comic story)|Bêtes Noires & Dark Horses]]'') | He was captured and sentenced in [[1758]], but he claimed that no white or European authority could restrain him and, rather than dying, he would simply change form when burned on the stake. Indeed, as the fire consumed him, the stake broke and collapsed. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)|The Adventuress of Henrietta Street]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[Bêtes Noires & Dark Horses (comic story)|Bêtes Noires & Dark Horses]]'') | ||
