Archivo General de la Nación de la República Dominicana

Santo Domingo council records new labor negotiations after emancipation

📅 29 June 1822

A municipal record from 29 June 1822, discussed by historian Quisqueya Lora from the Dominican National Archive, describes the “freedom of the cultivators who were formerly enslaved.” Formerly...

Spain annexes the Dominican Republic, but slavery is not restored

📅 18 March 1861

On 18 March 1861, Dominican president Pedro Santana proclaimed annexation to Spain. The return to colonial rule raised fears among abolitionists in the Atlantic world because Spain still maintained...