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Santo Domingo: Editora ABC, 2001. Deive, Carlos Esteban. "Marronage in the Spanish Colony of Santo Domingo," Mar Océana, Journal of Spanish and Ibero-American Humanism. 2008, No. 24. “The slavery of black people in Santo Domingo (1492-1844)”. Museum of Dominican Man. Santo Domingo: editions of the Museum of Dominican Man. 1980.
Due to political instability during the España Boba period, some of the whites in Santo Domingo fled the country between 1795 and 1820, mainly to Venezuela, Puerto Rico, and Cuba. However, many white families stayed on the island. Many whites in Santo Domingo did not consider owning slaves due to the economic crisis in Santo Domingo.
Others African ethnic groups arrived to colonial Santo Domingo during the slavery's period were: Wolof (kidnapped from Senegal), Aja (also called Ararás in Santo Domingo and kidnapped from Dahomey, current Benin), Ambundu (from the Kingdom of Ndongo, in north Angola), Bran (originating from Brong-Ahafo Region, west from Ghana), Fulbe, Kalabari ...
Warfare, abuse and intermixing with the Spaniards also contributed to their decline. But by this time, Taíno slavery had been outlawed, due to the intervention of Dominican friar, Bartolomé de Las Casas, who instead suggested to the Spanish crown to import enslaved Africans for the labor. This action made Santo Domingo the first colony to do so.
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Santo Tomás district location in Costa Rica Coordinates: 9°58′42″N 84°04′34″W / 9.9784159°N 84.0760575°W / 9.9784159; -84.0760575 Country
Costa Rica: Province: Heredia: Canton: Santo Domingo: ... usually known as San Luis, is a district of the Santo Domingo canton, ...
Costa Rica was part of the Federal Republic of Central America in 1823, before gaining full independence in 1828. Its economy struggled due to lack of connections with European suppliers. In 1856, Costa Rica resisted United States settlers from mounting a take-over of the government. After 1869, Costa Rica established a democratic government. [3]