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This book provides an annotated collection of documents related to the history of the Dominican Republic and its people. The compilation covers some of the turning points and major topics in the island's history since pre-Columbian times: the extermination of the Talno Indians, sugar and African slavery, the establishment of French Saint Dominique, independence from Haiti and from Spain, caudillo politics, U.S. interventionism, the Trujillo dictatorship, and contemporary politics.Sag'as, Ernesto is the author of 'Dominican People A Documentary History' with ISBN 9781558762961 and ISBN 1558762965.
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