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The Haitian occupation of Santo Domingo [a] (Spanish: Ocupación haitiana de Santo Domingo; French: Occupation haïtienne de Saint-Domingue; Haitian Creole: Okipasyon ayisyen nan Sen Domeng) was the annexation and merger of then-independent Republic of Spanish Haiti (formerly Santo Domingo) into the Republic of Haiti, that lasted twenty-two years, from February 9, 1822, to February 27, 1844.
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Haiti at the beginning of the Haitian revolution in 1791 The revolution was the largest slave uprising since Spartacus ' unsuccessful revolt against the Roman Republic nearly 1,900 years earlier, [ 11 ] and challenged long-held European beliefs about alleged black inferiority and about slaves' ability to achieve and maintain their own freedom.
The Dominican Republic–Haiti border is an international border between the Dominican Republic and the Republic of Haiti on the island of Hispaniola. Extending from the Caribbean Sea in the south to the Atlantic Ocean in the north, the 391-kilometre (243 mi) border was agreed upon in the 1929 Dominican–Haitian border treaty .
This period of Haitian history commenced with the fall of the Kingdom of Haiti in the north and the reunification of Haiti in 1820 under Jean-Pierre Boyer. This period also encompassed Haitian occupation of Spanish Santo Domingo from 1822 to 1844, creating a unified political entity governing the entire island of Hispaniola .
The location of Haiti An enlargeable map of Haiti. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Haiti: The Haiti – sovereign country located on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago. [1] Ayiti ("Land of Mountains") was the indigenous Taíno name for Hispaniola.
History of Haiti; Pre-Columbian Haiti (before 1492) Captaincy General of Santo Domingo (1492–1625) Taíno genocide: Saint-Domingue (1625–1804) Haitian Revolution; First Empire of Haiti (1804–1806) 1804 Haiti massacre; Siege of Santo Domingo; North Haiti (1806–1820) State of Haiti; Kingdom of Haiti; South Haiti (1806–1820) First ...
Padre Jean (or Padrejean) was a slave on the island of Hispaniola. [1] In 1676, he attempted to overthrow his slavemaster and consequently form a revolution. [2] This occurred in the town of Port-de-Paix. This is stated to have been the spark that led to the eventual Haitian Revolution. [3] He freed slaves and fled to Tortuga Island.