haiti and the dominican republic split on february 27, 1844.
haiti and the dominican republic split on february 27, 1844.
when did haiti and the dominican republic split?
february 27 , 1844
on february 27, 1844, the people of santo domingo ended more than two decades of haitian misrule by proclaiming their independence and welcoming home from exile the great advocate of dominican nationalism, juan pablo duarte. the new government was promptly beset by a three-pronged haitian invasion, successfully repelled by an outnumbered, outarmed, and outtrained dominican army under the command of the wealthy rancher gen. pedro santana. the dominicans thwarted the haitians at sea, as well as on land. the first naval battle was fought on april 15, 1844. three dominican schooners under the command of juan bautista cambiaso defeated a haitian brigantine and two schooners off the coast of azua. the sea battle not only protected the dominican soldiers fighting in azua, it also ensured dominican naval superiority for the rest of the war. haiti was not reconciled to the loss of the eastern, spanish-speaking two-thirds of the island of hispaniola. on march 9, 1849, president faustin soulouque of haiti led 10,000 troops in an invasion of the dominican republic. soulouque's forces were defeated and had to retreat, leaving a path of pillage and destruction in their wake. dominican president buenaventura báez launched a naval offensive against haiti to forestall the threat of another invasion. his seamen under the french adventurer, fagalde, raided the haitian coasts, plundered seaside villages, as far as cape dame marie, and butchered crews of captured enemy ships. fagalde left the southern coast of haiti aflame, but soulouque's only immediate answer was to illuminate with holiday torches the streets of the capital in celebration of his first coronation. in november 1855, soulouque, having proclaimed himself emperor faustin i of a haitian empire which he hoped to expand to include the dominican republic, invaded his neighbor again, this time with a ravaging and looting army of 30,000 men marching in three columns. in january of the following year, a haitian contingent of 6,000 soldiers was terribly defeated in the border town of ouanaminthe. more than 1,000 men were killed, and many were wounded. after a dominican victory by 8,000 defenders at sabana larga over 22,000 haitians, the last haitian invader had been pushed back over the frontier. since then, dominican–haitian relations have been unstable.
dominican republic–haiti relations
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