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Africans were initially brought to Dominica through the slave trade. Colonial records indicate multiple countries of origin for the slaves. The records contain data on slave ship ports of embarkation, often the ethnic group of the slaves, the date of arrival in Dominica, the number of enslaved people on board and survival rates, and the boat's name. [1]
The black guerrillas: slaves, fugitives and maroons in Santo Domingo. Santo Domingo: Dominican Cultural Foundation, 1989. Fernández de Oviedo, Gonzalo. General and Natural History of the Indies (1478-1557), Volume I. Madrid: Printing Office of the Royal Academy of History, 1992. Franco Pichardo, Franklin. Blacks, Mulattoes and the Dominican ...
Various trips were made from the United States to Haiti, and in 1824, the largest trip to the Dominican side consisted of 6,000 enslaved Africans, went to Samana, creating the Samaná Americans. [42] Black refugees who had been subjected to slavery in other foreign territories (including Puerto Rico and Martinique) escaped to Santo Domingo and ...
Geographic distribution of blacks in the country is often tied to history. Higher concentrations of Afro Dominicans, descended from African slaves bought to colonial Santo Domingo, are in the southeast plain, because that is where most of the slaves were in the Spanish side of the island, around Monte Plata, El Seibo, and Hato Mayor etc.
An estimated 400,000 Tainos living on the island were soon enslaved to work in gold mines. By 1508, their numbers had decreased to around 60,000 because of forced labor, hunger, disease, and the Taíno genocide. By 1535, only a few dozen were still alive. [12] During this period, the colony's Spanish leadership changed several times.
Most slaves who came to Saint-Domingue worked in fields or shops; younger slaves could become household servants, and old slaves were employed as surveillants. Some slaves became skilled workmen, and they received privileges such as better food, the ability to go into town, and liberté des savanes (savannah liberty), a sort of freedom with ...
Lemba and his group were soon joined other enslaved Africans who had also escaped, operated as an army. Lemba was known for his tactical prowess and his ability to outmaneuver Spanish soldiers. The Lemba revolt lasted 15 years until his capture in 1547 or 1548, and is recognized as one of the first cases of Maroon resistance in the Americas.
Most slaves who came to Saint-Domingue worked in fields or shops; the youngest slaves often became household servants, while the oldest slaves were employed as surveillants. Some slaves became skilled workmen, and they received privileges such as better food, the ability to go into town, and partake in liberté des savanes (savannah liberty), a ...