How do different sources discuss the religious ritual that was the spark for the Haitian revolution?

Dumsele talks about the ritual in an almost appreciative tone and he talks about the ritual in a way that is perhaps, the most believing of the sources when he talks about the ritual. He discusses the lightning almost as if it were an omen for the explosive revolution that took place, and he also seems to mythologize the revolution by not speaking to any of the people who participated. By not talking to anyone who was there, it is easier to make them seem like they are more heroic. The fact of the matter is that war and revolution is messy, but Dumsele’s rendition makes the revolutionaries seem like avenging angels who rained fury down on the whites on the island. This makes it seem like the war was not as messy as all wars tend to be.