Haitian occupation of Santo Domingo

The period from 1822 to 1844 when Haiti governed the eastern side of Hispaniola, incorporating it into a unified state under Haitian rule.

Jean-Pierre Boyer: Haitian president who governed from 1818 to 1843 and reunified Hispaniola under Haitian rule. His 1822 entry into Santo Domingo began the occupation, and his policies defined its administration.
Unification of Hispaniola: The political union of the western and eastern parts of Hispaniola under Haitian government from 1822 to 1844. This was the central political project behind the occupation.
Juan Pablo Duarte: A Dominican nationalist who founded La Trinitaria and helped organize the movement for independence from Haiti. He built the clandestine political network that challenged Haitian rule.
Dominican War of Independence: The 1844–1856 conflict in which the Dominican Republic defended its independence from repeated Haitian invasions. The new republic had to fight to preserve the separation achieved in 1844.
Haitian Constitution of 1816: The constitution governing Haiti under President Jean-Pierre Boyer, consolidating executive authority and prohibiting slavery. Its political framework shaped how Boyer incorporated the eastern territory.
Spanish Haiti: The short-lived independent state established in eastern Hispaniola in 1821 before its incorporation into Haiti. Its brief independence ended when Boyer's forces entered Santo Domingo.
La Trinitaria: A secret society founded in 1838 to organize Dominican independence from Haiti. Its organizing converted growing discontent into a coordinated independence movement.
Dominican Republic: A sovereign country occupying the eastern portion of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. It emerged from the revolt that ended Haitian rule in the east.
Abolition of slavery in Haiti: The abolition of slavery across Haiti, completed during the Haitian Revolution and maintained by the independent state. Haitian authorities ended slavery in the east after taking control.
José Núñez de Cáceres: A Dominican lawyer and politician who led the 1821 declaration of independence from Spain and the establishment of Spanish Haiti. His weakly supported state sought protection from Gran Colombia before Haitian annexation.

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