Comments on: Gold, cows, and pirates: the story of how the island of Hispaniola (or Quisqueya) ended up split into two countries: 1492-1777 http://nuestrafrontera.org/wordpress/2009/09/gold-cows-and-pirates-the-story-of-how-the-island-of-hispaniola-or-quisqueya-ended-up-split-in-two-countries/ Creating opportunities in the Haitian-Dominican Borderlands Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:50:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: The Border becomes a wall: 1936-1986 « Our Border | Nuestra Frontera | Fwontyè Nou http://nuestrafrontera.org/wordpress/2009/09/gold-cows-and-pirates-the-story-of-how-the-island-of-hispaniola-or-quisqueya-ended-up-split-in-two-countries/comment-page-1/#comment-160 The Border becomes a wall: 1936-1986 « Our Border | Nuestra Frontera | Fwontyè Nou Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:29:36 +0000 http://nuestrafrontera.org/wordpress/?p=751#comment-160 [...] is part three of a four part series on the history of the Haitian-Dominican border (parts 1,2,3,4) The border gate at the Dajabon-Ouanaminthe border crossing. Photo: Ciudades y [...] [...] is part three of a four part series on the history of the Haitian-Dominican border (parts 1,2,3,4) The border gate at the Dajabon-Ouanaminthe border crossing. Photo: Ciudades y [...]

]]> By: ONeil http://nuestrafrontera.org/wordpress/2009/09/gold-cows-and-pirates-the-story-of-how-the-island-of-hispaniola-or-quisqueya-ended-up-split-in-two-countries/comment-page-1/#comment-131 ONeil Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:24:19 +0000 http://nuestrafrontera.org/wordpress/?p=751#comment-131 I just published the <a href="http://nuestrafrontera.org/wordpress/?p=895" rel="nofollow">next chapter in the border history</a>. Let me know if this helps. Dan I just published the next chapter in the border history. Let me know if this helps.
Dan

]]> By: The birth of Haitian-Dominican border « Our Border | Nuestra Frontera | Fwontyè Nou http://nuestrafrontera.org/wordpress/2009/09/gold-cows-and-pirates-the-story-of-how-the-island-of-hispaniola-or-quisqueya-ended-up-split-in-two-countries/comment-page-1/#comment-127 The birth of Haitian-Dominican border « Our Border | Nuestra Frontera | Fwontyè Nou Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:03:45 +0000 http://nuestrafrontera.org/wordpress/?p=751#comment-127 [...] last week’s post, we looked at how Gold, Cows, and Pirates led to the division of Hispaniola between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. We left off in the story [...] [...] last week’s post, we looked at how Gold, Cows, and Pirates led to the division of Hispaniola between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. We left off in the story [...]

]]> By: Brian http://nuestrafrontera.org/wordpress/2009/09/gold-cows-and-pirates-the-story-of-how-the-island-of-hispaniola-or-quisqueya-ended-up-split-in-two-countries/comment-page-1/#comment-116 Brian Sun, 20 Sep 2009 08:49:20 +0000 http://nuestrafrontera.org/wordpress/?p=751#comment-116 Hi ONeil! Thanks for all your information! I will await your follow-on to this posting and keep checking back for it. By the by, I should be able to speak and read Spanish, but never could, so the book you recommended in Spanish is not available to me. Is there an English version of this? I could search the internet, but if I type in Spanish words for the title I'm liable to get only Spanish references to the book. Thanks! Muchas Gracias! Hi ONeil!

Thanks for all your information! I will await your follow-on to this posting and keep checking back for it.

By the by, I should be able to speak and read Spanish, but never could, so the book you recommended in Spanish is not available to me. Is there an English version of this? I could search the internet, but if I type in Spanish words for the title I’m liable to get only Spanish references to the book. Thanks! Muchas Gracias!

]]> By: ONeil http://nuestrafrontera.org/wordpress/2009/09/gold-cows-and-pirates-the-story-of-how-the-island-of-hispaniola-or-quisqueya-ended-up-split-in-two-countries/comment-page-1/#comment-107 ONeil Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:26:16 +0000 http://nuestrafrontera.org/wordpress/?p=751#comment-107 It is true that the Dominican Republic gave up a significant amount of territory when it negotiated the 1929 and 1935 treaties because this territory was inhabited by people that self-identified as Haitians. The central part of the border had been defined in a 1777 treaty between France and Spain, but the line was not marked nor supervised for nearly 150 years. During this period, Haiti was more densely populated than the Dominican Republic and briefly occupied the whole island. Therefore, by the time that the two countries tried to formally control their border regions, a significant part of the borderlands were inhabited by people that self-identified as Haitian. Therefore, during the negotiations that led to the 1929 and 1935 border treaties, the Dominican Republic relinquished their rights to a significant amount of land. The best source on this topic is a book that was published here in the DR entitled <em>Relaciones Dominico-Haitianas: 300 años de Historia</em> by William Piantini. It is an interesting topic and I plan on writing a follow-on to this posting that will cover this topic in more detail. It is true that the Dominican Republic gave up a significant amount of territory when it negotiated the 1929 and 1935 treaties because this territory was inhabited by people that self-identified as Haitians. The central part of the border had been defined in a 1777 treaty between France and Spain, but the line was not marked nor supervised for nearly 150 years. During this period, Haiti was more densely populated than the Dominican Republic and briefly occupied the whole island. Therefore, by the time that the two countries tried to formally control their border regions, a significant part of the borderlands were inhabited by people that self-identified as Haitian. Therefore, during the negotiations that led to the 1929 and 1935 border treaties, the Dominican Republic relinquished their rights to a significant amount of land. The best source on this topic is a book that was published here in the DR entitled Relaciones Dominico-Haitianas: 300 años de Historia by William Piantini. It is an interesting topic and I plan on writing a follow-on to this posting that will cover this topic in more detail.

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