Historian and economist Bernardo Vega won the Regional History Prize, sponsored by the Caribbean Studies Association, for his book “The Racial Question and the Dominican Annexation Project to the United States in 1870”.
The Caribbean Studies Association (CSA) is an independent professional organization devoted to the promotion of Caribbean studies from a multidisciplinary, multicultural point of view.
The Caribbean Studies Association prize is awarded to the best book on Caribbean history published in the last two years, whether in English, Spanish or French, explains the Dominican Academy of History in a press release. A total of 51 books competed for the regional award.
Vega’s work deals with the annexation agreement that the government of Buenaventura Baez signed at a time when the US government presided by General Ulysses Grant, supported the project, as Grant wanted to send thousands of African-Americans freed from slavery to Santo Domingo.
“But the US Senate did not ratify it due to the strong opposition of Charles Sumner, who presided over its Foreign Relations Committee and who considered, among other reasons, that “Dominicans value their independence as we do ours,” says the Dominican Academy of History in its press release.
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Caribbean Studies Association
1 June 2021