List of massacres in the Dominican Republic

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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in the Dominican Republic (numbers may be approximate):

Name Date Location Deaths Victims Notes
1801 Dominican genocide 1801 Eastern Hispaniola Dominicans The massacre was committed by the Haitian army under Toussaint Louverture
Azua Massacre January 1805 Azua de Compostela 1,000 Dominicans Part of the 1805 Dominican genocide. The massacre was committed by the Haitian army under Jean-Jacques Dessalines
La Vega Massacre January 1805 Concepción de La Vega 2,000 Dominicans Part of the 1805 Dominican genocide. The massacre was committed by the Haitian army under Jean-Jacques Dessalines
Santiago Massacre February 1805 Santiago de los Caballeros 3,500 Dominicans Part of the 1805 Dominican genocide. The massacre was committed by the Haitian army under Jean-Jacques Dessalines
Moca Massacre April 1805 Moca 500 Dominicans Part of the 1805 Dominican genocide. The massacre was committed by Haitian troops commanded by Henri Christophe who killed almost all the population of the town
Parsley Massacre October 1937 Borderland 25,000[1] Afro-Haitians The genocide was committed by the Dominican army under Rafael Trujillo in the borderland.
Liborista massacre December 1962 San Juan 600 Afro-Dominicans The Dominican military dropped napalm on the Liboristas from airplanes - burning six hundred people to death.

References

  1. Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience. p. 428.
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