The chief of police is gone as of today as well as the chief of the arms forces. the first two to go by a presidential decree.

Happy restoration day everyone! may the forces of disruption that try to divide us may never prevail! :)

And stay out!

No more----Comment allez vous monseuir!

The only reason why Haitians helped Dominicans in the War of Restoration was for self interest. The Spanish wanted to keep the territorial integrity of the country. The Treaty of Aranjuez defined the geographical limitations between Spain and France in 1777. The help of the Haitians came in the supply of weapons, to exiled Dominicans that were hiding in Haiti. Pedro Santana put out the word, anyone that would go against his wishes for Spain becoming a protectorate. Will be seen as traitors, and if caught would be executed. http://www.educando.edu.do/Userfi....erasegunAranjuez1777_educando.jpg / http://www.educando.edu.do/Portal.Base/Web/VerContenido.aspx?ID=111393

Another thing this article states is, Ulises Hereaux being the leader of the Dominican army that is WRONG... Gregorio Luperon was one of the generals in the War of Restoration and Ulises Hereaux was lieutenant, serving under Luperon. Interestingly also is the fact that Luperon was about 26 to 27 years old when he became involved in the war, also Hereaux was even younger he was about 17 to 18 years old, still a teenager. Their participation in the War of the Restoration while important came late. http://www.educando.edu.do/Portal....c-8889-22803d6af2f8&ID=110928

El Factor ,,well researched !! but it still was good of Dessalines to also give us the information which I believe is correct .The problem with the history of this country is that were no trained historians and so there are many slants on events ,, It would be a wonderful idea to have money put aside so the history of the country could be researched from many angles and in many countries such as Spain , England, France , the USA and a definitive history produced.
Does any know what is the best history of the DR ??, I have read a few but the accounts differ significantly especially in the past 300 years .

Well Ricardolito everybody has their own point of view, but for me i'm satisfied with the old text books. I'm very suspicious of new material, only because theirs many authors that are on the take. As for our history shared with Haiti, it's been very negative, mind you Dominicans where never the aggressors. If it was the other way, than it will be harder to come to a conclusion, only because the causes will be more chaotic in essence. But our history is not difficult to understand.

What I want to know more about is the role of the private armies in the DR that the wealthy ranchers had , and who brought the slaves over from Africa to the DR ,was it slave merchants or Spain or the ranchers, most of the early history is in the Museo de Colon along with some great exhibits but there is little information about the country in the period when Spain had no interest here .
Quite by accident I bought a house in zona colonial . in very poor condition , that was a home of a former President ..that has wetted my appetite for knowledge more.

so sorry to see the posting about the assistance from Haiti was deleted ..I believe it was accurate information.

Yes, I was the one who posted the article on the role Haitians played on restoration war. But I will post it again. Haitian President Fabre Geffrard back then gave plenty of men, arms and amunitions to Dominicans who were then fighting against spain because us Haitians did'nt want Spain to re-establish slavery back on the Island. Sad to say, the auditors from D.T deleted my post because it was pure fact. They are quick to do that when Haiti does, or did something positive that helped Dominican Republic. But when the bash us, call us monkeys, the N word, all kind of humiliation, they leave them. It's sad but it's true. President Heureux's dad was also born and raised in Haiti. That's why his last name was Heureux. they can delete a post but never HISTORY...

Now I do not agree with your added sentences you have inserted but the rest was accurate according to my two history books ,, I think you will find that the better class of writers here have respect for people regardless of colour or race ...You know that it is more than 200 years since the Haitians were in the Dominican Republic , that is more than 4 generations past for most families and the education levels here are such that some Dominicans have a hatred although they know nothing about past events .
Thank goodness the English , French ; Germans and Spanish who fought against each other for centuries do not carry on in the same way ...or for that matter the Japanese, Chinese or the Malays .

It amazes me how Haitians want to re-write history to make themselves look as our saviors when they were some of he most oppressive "friends" of the Dominican Republic. The Restoration was August 16, 1863 not on the 17.

As for Ulises "Lilis" Heureaux, yes he was of Haitan father decent and his mother from Saint Thomas (because of him the law was past, to be Dominican, you have to be born to parents of Dominican decent), yes he was President of DR, yes he fooled the Dominicans into believing he had the best interest of our country in his heart, but through it all he was a Dictator who ruled for 19 years in the Dominican Republic, he was far worse then Trujillo, but not as bad as Santana.

Dessalines1804, you might want to propagate your lies, but please do it on your Haitian sites, not on a Dominican site. How come every Haitian I meet wants to state how they saved us, and how we don't appreciate your help, please with help like yours we would all be dead. There is no love between our nations and as much as the USA/Canada/France would like there to be one country, there will be no unity. We feel for your loss due to the earthquake, we will help as best we can, but Haitians are not our friends, we are not bothers, there is no association other then sharing the island in this day and age.

I will ask you politely please leave the site, and stop posting your propaganda on our site

If the Haitians did'nt help save Dominican sovereignty miacol then who did? Dominicans really got their real independance in the restoration war but they choose to celebrate it february 27th 1844. As far as feeling sorry for us because of the earthquake , yeah anybody should. As much as I disagree with the way some Dominicans treat Haitians, I don't hate them personaly. That earthquake could've happen on the other side too, although I don't wish that. Haitians are tough, we're warriors. we will overcome Jan 12th. If 500 years of oppression never broke us down, Jan 12th sure won't

Dessalines1804, There were many who assisted the Dominican Republic, the Spaniards and the French, who abandon their nations to stay in the Dominican Republic and others from Caribbean nations. I'm not saying that Haiti didn't assist, but not at the level that the Haitians want it to be believe, you Haitians love to retell history. It is well documented that when the restoration effort began in 1856 by Francisco de Rosario Sanchez, who gathered many to retake the Dominican Republic. He was betrayed to Santana by the Haitians who promised to help and hundreds of Dominicans were slaughtered. Thank you Haitians for that. As for their effort in 1863, it was mostly because after trying to get Santana to give DR to Haiti and failed you wanted revenge on Santana, but to help us out of good will, please Haiti wouldn't know the meaning. As for Warriors if you think we won't fight try us, Dominicans will fight you and win as we always have.

To miacol> You are the ones who are always talking of UNIFICATION. Just like you said you would fight and defend against us, do you honestly think HAITIANS would allow an invasion or unification with Dominicans? Yeah right. You guys always talk about invading us because of the 22 years of President Boyer's occupation and later by Emperor Soulouque numerous attempts to invade and bring the whole island to Haitian rule. It's the same feeling. you want unification as a payback, but that'll never happen. you ask any Haitian about a unification with DR, the first thing they will tell you is hell no, we fed them for 25 years and it will never happen

Haitians are KONGOS!