Sunday dispatch

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massacre seemed insignificant. It is strange

that in each of these great massacres French

men should have been the victims, and that

all the bloodshed has never been avenged,

'f'he mulattoes did not long prosper, for their

black allies jn a very short time swept them

away.

From 1800 to 1821 Dominica was a faithful

part of the Spanish Empire, and always was

governed by a dependent of the Captain-Gen

eral of Porto Rico. At that time misrule

forced them to throw ofT their allegiance, and

hoisting the Columbian flag to claim admis

sion into that federation. Sucre and Bolivar

paid no attention to their demand, and tlicy

were left to shift for themselves. What tho

government of tliis country was thinking of

wo cannot imagine, for a more just opportu

nity for occupying that royal island never

existed. It will be remembered this was the

era of the occupation of Pensacola and San

Augustine by General Jackson, and that no

thing but forbearance kept us from a war that

might have changed the fortunes possibly of

all Spanish America. Boyer, the negro Pre

sident, was shrewder than our own cabinet,

and entered Dominica, which he occupied, and

which his successors kept till 1813, when

i Santana, a Dominican of talent and courage,

placed himself at the bead of a revolt, drove

out the Haytiens, and established a free gov

ernment. The success of this movement

seems miraculous, when ire remember that

Dominica has a population of 150,000 souls

only, while that of Hayti is more that

1,000,000.

The condition of Mexico and Columbia is

bad enough, but that of Hayti defies descrip

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Sunday dispatch. (1851). New York [N.Y.], 1851-07-06. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030362/1851-07-06/ed-1/?sp=1

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Sunday dispatch, 1851-07-06.