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 |
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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
- ↑ Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience. p. 428.
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