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How Did The Dominican Republic Affect Haiti
The Dominican Republic and Haiti once shared the Island of Hispaniola for five centuries, until the Dominican Republic gain their independence from Haiti. Now the only thing separating these two islands is the Massacre River. The Massacre River was derived from the President of the Dominican Republic which ordered his troops to kill all Haitian people and descendants. This maybe a little confusing because the Dominican side of the island was under the rule of Spanish (Spain) and Haiti was rule by the French.
The Hispaniola island was one of the first island where the slave trade business started, however on the Dominican side of the island they spoke Spanish and their skin tone was a of a lighter complexation. Therefore, the type of work that was done on that side of the island was Ranchers and they have a better chance of fairness. However, on the Haitian side of the island, they were dehumanized to planation work. One of the factors that played a vital role in that situation was racial identity and ancestral background.
The people of Dominican Republic are proud to be mixed or mulattoes, they are rich in …show more content…
During their occupancy of Haiti, the French government wanted the people of Dominican Republic to speak French. This went against all beliefs of their racial standpoint. The resentment towards the Haitian people grew due to the Haitian(French) government were taxing the people and its institutions. The French Government did in fact take advantage of the Dominicans, that all changed when the islands finally separated in 1967. However, long after the French had no control over the Haitian. This led to many if the Haitian people retuning to the island for work, they were known as migrant workers, who worked and took jobs that most Dominicans would want to
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