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By: Marc Johnson. The Parsley Massacre. What is it?. A genocide in which approximately 20,000-30,000 Haitians were killed in the Dominican Republic. Where?. This genocide occurred on the borderlands of The Dominican Republic and Haiti. When?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The Parsley MassacreBy: Marc Johnson
What is it?
A genocide in which approximately 20,000-30,000 Haitians were killed in the Dominican Republic
Where?
This genocide occurred on the borderlands of The Dominican Republic and Haiti
When?
The Genocide started on October 2nd, 1937 and ended on October 8th, 1937, lasting about five days
Why?
Two Reasons: Border issues Agricultural issues
Border Issues Haiti covers only one third of the island whereas
The Dominican Republic covers two thirds Haiti has a larger population The Dominican Republic has a large amount of
farming land near the border Haitians started to migrate over to The
Dominican Republic to start farming
Haiti could try to claim the Haitian populated area in the Dominican as their own
Agricultural Issues
The Haitians were farming land and therefore stealing profits from Dominicans
Haitians were also stealing cattle and crop from the Dominicans
Who?
Dominican President Rafael Trujillo started the genocide.
How?
Dominican troops, civilians and local political authorities used guns, machetes, clubs and knives
Haitians were separated from the Dominicans by the way they pronounced Parsley, hence the name, “The Parsley Massacre”
Aftermath Rafael Trujillo tried to blame Dominican citizens
for the killings, but US proved otherwise Trujillo developed the land near the border New laws restricted the immigration of Haitians The Haitian and American
government sought reparations of $750,000. Only $525,000 was paid. Of the $30 per victim,
only 2 cents were given to survivors
Why Was The U.S.A There?
In 1915, a Haitian revolution occurred in which the president was killed
Nearby American naval ships came in to stop the fighting
The USA did not like thePresident that the Haitianswanted, so the US picked a President and forced him to sign into office
They stayed for 19 years,and all but one ship left in 1937
The End
Works Cited http://www.blackpast.org/?
q=gah/haitian-invasions-and-occupation-santo-domingo-1801-1844 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsley_Massacre http://tamarasiuda.com/2011/10/07/remembering-the-cutting-1937s-parsle
y-massacre/
http://haitiforever.com/windowsonhaiti/wucker1.shtml http://nineteenthirtyseven.wordpress.com/the-parsley-massacre/ http://www.culturaldiplomacy.org/gphr/index.php?1937 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Trujillo http://
thegermansmakegoodstuff.blogspot.ca/2011/10/brief-history-of-imperialist-interests.html
http://www.batayouvriye.org/English/Positions1/dr.html http://fowomouvriye.org/Bulletins/001/70YearsAgo.html http://
www.dominicantoday.com/dr/forum/living-in-the-dr/general-info/2046/Dictator-Rafael-Trujillos-Haitian-Bloodline
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