The Haitian Occupation of the Dominican Republic

I have located an interesting article on Justor.. which one can read for free by registering

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ok in 1795 under the terms of the Treaty of Basle, Spain ceded Spain's 2/3rds of the island to France

in 1794 the population on the eastern half was 35,000 White, 38,000 Freedman, 30,000 Slaves

In 1801, Haitian troops under Tousiant Louverture invaded to take possestion of the former Spanish colony, Under the orders of the French Reoybkucan Governor, Estaban Laveaux, colonists who wished to leave were free to do so but under the new new laws of the Republican France there was no slavery and therefore no "men" could be transported off the island as belongings.

----from the article cited above

so. really.. Spain had already ceded the colony and France already held it by rights. Haiti under Boyer was making a deal for payment for the western third of the territory..... but ...


really the DR sorta got the best two thirds without a whole lot of blood or treaure, no? At least one could make a case for that.

Ok.. I am reading this piece like a John le Carre since it is not a time in Haitian history which I have studied much.. Turns out that Napoleon's troops DID land here on the eastern side. And reestablished slavery.. *I did know that that took Toussaint back to France.. where he died in prison..

back to Ken Follett----

ok Dessalines invaded again in 1805

sorry Snake.. I have to read a whole lot more before I can even Begin to have a converstaion with you!! I really know nada about this period...

are you reading the Justor article, NS? It says 1809 that France abandoned the Capital.. and the Spanish colony was restored.. It also said that Nunez was forced to give Boyer the keys

but has a great quote from Toussaint about said keys .. wherein he asks that they be handed to him lest they think he took them.. great thing to say when you have an army behind you and the French Empire and your opponents have none.

article says that when Boyer invaded in 1822, population on this side was 66% black and freedman. Slavery was abolished here 50 years before other Spanish colonies.

article went off into la la land.. must be undergrad

NS..is this wiki reasonably accurage Guerra de la Reconquista - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre

The thing that I find so interesting here is that when one starts getting into the history here it has so much more to do with European history .. with the fight of the big empires over their colonial possessions.

Funny, of course, when one looks back, to see how few people were really involved in. But how also how much money, And how the French colonies, particulary Haiti, had so much to do with the wealth of France.

And I have to wonder, really, about the horrible massacres here, which were indeed bloddy,...becayse by then the slave trade had stopped,, but then this was the ONLY place that it had stopped, And France wanted the entire island and had gone back on its revolution, betrayed its words of freedom, reinstated slavery in its colonies. That certainly must have enraged the Haitians former slaves. Certainly the French were after their colony.. to put back in place the sort of slavery that had been in place before independence.

I have heard the Haitians talk about "we defeated Napoleon's army"... I did not actually quite realize that Napoleaon's army was HERE .. on this side.. not over in Port au Prince.. and, of course, I doubt that many Haitians or Dominicans do eitther. Both places were known as San Domingo .. weren't they.. of a sort?

just putting the whole thing back into perspective.. that the Haitians were in fear of being enslaved again.. surrounded by empires.. all that.. I mean 1801 1820 ... the US civil war was 1865. Haiti was WAY ahead of every one in emancipation, surrounded by slave countries with ships with guns.

I can understand more why Boyer may have decided to just kill whitey.....And I guess that is really what the Dominicans are afraid will happen again.

Treaty of Paris (1814) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

ok.. so Spain got back the eastern portion of the Island..

but France did not recognize the independence of Haiti til 1838?

thought that Boyer signed the reparations papers.. ok.. back to search function.. Wonder if the folks at the time thought that France would still take Haiti back? Guess that was still a possiblity.

double post from the other forum Re Boyer


BY J. N. L?GER
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Haiti
in the United States



"FAC ET SPERA"


New York and Washington
THE NEALE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1907

"The vicinity of this Power had always made the Haitians uneasy; they were in consequence determined to embrace the first opportunity to get rid of it. Whilst at Cap-Haitien, Boyer had many interviews with secret agents sent by the inhabitants of the Spanish portion of the island. He in turn despatched to them trustworthy emissaries with the mission of directly preparing the way for the union of the whole country under one government. However, Nu?ez de Caceres, one of the leaders of the uprising then being prepared against Spain, thought that it would be more advantageous to establish an independent State and to form with Haiti nothing more than an offensive and defensive alliance; according to his idea the new State was to become one of the Colombian Confederation. Boyer lost no time in taking the necessary measures for the frustration of this plan. Before Caceres had had time to give the signal for the insurrection, Monte-Christi and Laxavon hoisted the Haitian flag (November 15, 1821). On the night of November 30 and on December 1 Caceres and his followers took possession of the most important posts in the town of Santo Domingo; and the Spanish Governor, Pascal Real, unable to uphold Spain's authority, left the place on the 5th of December. Still believing in the possibility of carrying out his idea of independence, Caceres hoisted the Colombian flag and proclaimed the establishment of the Dominican Republic. But the public mind had already been won over to the cause of Haiti, the flag of which was floating over such important towns as Puerto-Plata, Macoris, Banica, Azua, etc. In support of these friendly demonstrations President Boyer, on the 16th of January, 1822, left Port-au-Prince
at the head of 14,000 soldiers for Santo Domingo. The inhabitants of the former Spanish territory welcomed the President of Haiti and his army with the greatest enthusiasm. Nu?ez de Caceres was unable to resist the trend of public opinion. Yielding to the wish of his fellow-citizens he hoisted the Haitian flag at Santo Domingo on the 19th of January, 1822. And on the 9th of February President Boyer entered the town, loudly cheered by the inhabitants. Without bloodshed both the former French and Spanish portions of the island became united and threw in their destinies one with the other; and for twenty-two years the Haitian flag floated over the whole island of Haiti.
However, a few French colonists at Samana were striving to prevent this peaceful union. They still were slave-owners. At the first demonstrations on behalf of Haiti they had hastened to ask for the protection of the Governor of Martinique. In consequence a French squadron was despatched to Samana, which they found, upon arriving, already in possession of the Haitians. The firm attitude assumed by the new occupants compelled the French to withdraw. In this way was slavery abolished throughout the whole island.
After organizing the administration and taking such measures as were necessitated by the circumstances, Boyer left Santo Domingo on March 10, and on the 6th of May, 1822, he was at Port-au-Princ

Haiti: Her History and Her Detractors/Part I: Chapter XII - Wikisource, the free online library

not quite Nals.. at least not for Haiti

that would be

107 years of Slavery
19 years of Occupation

currently under UN occupation

and Colombus first established his landing in the current Haitian territory

Christopher Columbus established a small settlement called La Navidad, near the modern town of Cap Haitien, built from the timbers of his wrecked ship Santa Mar?a, during his first voyage in December 1492. When he returned in 1493 on his second voyage he found the settlement had been destroyed and all 39 settlers killed. Colombus continued east and founded a new settlement at La Isabela on the territory of the present day Dominican Republic in 1493. The capital of the colony was moved to Santo Domingo in 1496, on the south west coast of the island also in the territory of the present day Dominican Republic. The Spanish returned to western Hispaniola in 1502, establishing a settlement at Yaguana, near modern day L?ogane. A second settlement was established on the north coast in 1504 called Puerto Real near modern Fort Liberte ? which in 1578 was relocated to a nearby site and renamed Bayaha.[citation neede

just that there was gold in Mexico, I guess and not enough Spaniard to go around the island....