Dédée Bazile

Marie Sainte Dédée Bazile (fl. 1806), known as Défilée and Défilée-La-Folle, is a figure of the Haitian Revolution. She is counted as one of the symbols of the revolution.

Dédée Bazile was born a slave and followed the army of Dessalines as a peddler. According to legend, she became insane after having lost her sons in battle. She was a fanatic admirer of Dessalines, and after his death, she gathered his remains in a sack and transported them to Cimetière Intérieur in Port-au-Prince to bury them.

Dédée Bazile is regarded as one of the heroines of the revolution.

References

http://www.haiticulture.ch/Defilee.html

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