Chapel at Trou-Coffy plantation.
- Title of the Document
- Chapel at Trou-Coffy plantation.
- One Line Summary
- This was a chapel that Romaine-la-Prophétesse had constructed on his Trou-Coffy plantation, where he would pray to the Virgin Mary and preach with a sword in hand1
- Author
- N/A
- Date Created
- 1784
- Location
- Trou-Coffy, Western Province, Haiti
- Type of Document
- Building
- Publisher
- N/A
- Transcription
- The chapel was described by Abbé Ouvière as “a long splendidly illuminated room, full of crude images, adorned by flowers and relics.” It had an altar which had a tabernacle on it, and it likely had a statue of the Virgin Mary2 . The chapel would be guarded by “armed men and women” during prayer and ceremonies and was described as being Catholic in nature3
- Provenance
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The chapel was constructed and owned by Romaine-la-Prophétesse, and after his disappearance
there is no longer a record of it.
