Haití Español

Infobox Former Country
native_name =
conventional_long_name = Haití Español
common_name = Santo Domingo
continent = North America
region = Caribbean
status =
empire =
government_type = Republic
leader1 = José Núñez de Cáceres
year_leader1 = 1821-1822
leader2 =
year_leader2 =
title_leader = President
representative1 =
year_representative1 =
representative2 =
year_representative2 =
title_representative =
event_start = Independence
year_start = 1821
event2 =
date_event2 =
date_start = December 1
year_end = 1822
date_end = February 9
event_end = Haitian occupation
event_pre =
date_pre =
p1 = Colony of Santo Domingo
flag_p1 = Flag_of_New_Spain.svg
s1 = Haitian occupation of Santo Domingo
flag_s1 = Flag of Haiti 1806.png

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national_anthem =
capital = Santo Domingo
common_languages = Spanish
title_leader = President
currency = Santo Domingo peso
stat_area1 = 48442

On November 9 1821 the Spanish colony of Santo Domingo was toppled by a group led by General José Núñez de Cáceres.cite web
last = Lancer
first = Jalisco
title = The Conflict Between Haiti and the Dominican Republic
work =
publisher = All Empires Online History Community
date =
url = http://www.allempires.com/article/index.php?q=conflict_haiti_dominican
format =
doi =
accessdate = 2007-12-24 ] cite web
title = Haiti - Historical Flags
work = Flags of the World
url = http://www.flag.de/FOTW/flags/ht-hist.html#span
accessdate = 2007-12-24 ] Starting November 15, 1821 several frontier towns raised the Haitian flag as a show of independence, whereas other forces who opposed unification with Haiti formally declared independence from Spain on November 30, 1821.cite web
last = Gates
first = Henry Louis
coauthors = Appiah, Anthony
title = Dominican-Haitian Relations
work = Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience
date = 1999
url = http://books.google.com/books?id=xE-N8hh-VNQC&pg=PA617&lpg=PA617&dq=spanish+haiti&source=web&ots=K8EfPYcsI4&sig=iMgEI31tSdkdtfcURxRZKAaYyh0#PPA617,M1
accessdate = 2007-12-24 ] The new nation was known as "República del Haití Español" (Republic of Spanish Haiti). On December 1, 1821 a constitutive act was ordered to petition the union of Spanish Haiti with Gran Colombia.

However, a group of politicians and military officers continued to favor uniting the new nation with Haiti, as various elite families sought for political stability under Boyer. A large faction based in the Cibao were opposed to the union with Gran Colombia and also sided with Haitian president Jean-Pierre Boyer. Boyer, on the other hand, sought to protect his country from the possibility of France's or Spain's retaking Haití Español and attacking or re-conquering Haiti. He sought not only to maintain Haitian independence, but to maintain the freedom of its former slaves, as well as to liberate the remaining slaves in Haití Español. After promising his protection to several Dominican frontier governors and securing their allegiance, Boyer invaded with a force of 10,000 soldiers in February, 1822, encountering but little opposition.cite web
last = Matibag
first = Eugenio
title = Haitian-Dominican Counterpoint: Nation, State, and Race on Hispaniola
date = 2003
url = http://books.google.com/books?id=EswJ7t1B0XgC&pg=PA95&lpg=PA95&dq=spanish+haiti&source=web&ots=E2d1AIn61c&sig=C5SCyMsNCv85VwcU9Jekcvr94cY#PPA96,M1
accessdate = 2007-12-24 ] cite web
last = Corbett
first = Bob
title = 1818-1843 The rule of Jean-Pierre Boyer
work = The History of Haiti
url = http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/43a/108.html
accessdate = 2007-12-24 ] On February 9, 1822, Boyer formally entered the capital city, Santo Domingo, where he was met with enthusiasm and received from Núñez the keys of the Palace. The island was thus united from "Cape Tiburon to Cape Samana in possession of one government."

The Haitian occupation proved very unpopular and gave rise to many anti-Haitian plots. It lasted until 1844, when the independent nation of the Dominican Republic was established.

See also

*History of the Dominican Republic
* [http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/José_Núñez_de_Cáceres José Núñez de Cáceres] Spanish Wikipedia

References