Siblings of soil : Dominicans and Haitians in the Age of Revolutions /
Charlton W. Yingling.
- First edition.
- xi, 322 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : "Siblings of soil" -- Race and place in eighteenth-century Hispaniola -- Following a revolutionary fuse, 1789-1791 -- Belief, blasphemy, and the Black Auxiliaries, 1792-1794 -- Many enemies within, 1795-1798 -- French failures, 1799-1807 -- Cross-island collaboration and conspiracies, 1808-1818 -- The "Spanish part of Haiti" and unification, 1819-1822 --Epilogue : Becoming Dominican in Haiti.
"The book documents and discusses largely forgotten collaborations by the Dominican and Haitian majorities of color to achieve independence together, an event that elite Dominicans later maligned and misconstrued to justify anti-Haitian nationalism and policies"--
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Dominican Republic--Politics and government. Dominican Republic--Relations--History.--Haiti Haiti--Politics and government. Haiti--Relations--History.--Dominican Republic Hispaniola--Ethnic relations--Political aspects--History.