Pablo Alí
Pablo Alí was a chief military commander of Haitian origin, who was in charge of the so-called Battalion 31 or Batallon de Morenos (Dark-skinned Battalion),[1] freed slaves which joined the ranks of the Dominican army. Alí directed the battalion to participate in the Italian rebellion of 1810, during the government of Sánchez Ramírez.[2] He was said to have been "most prominent, achieving great military distinction in Santo Domingo".[3]
References
- ↑ Matibag, Eugenio (16 May 2003). Haitian-Dominican Counterpoint. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-312-29432-8. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
- ↑ Saint-Domingue espagnol et la révolution nègre d'Haïti. KARTHALA Editions. 1 March 2007. p. 571. ISBN 978-2-8111-4145-5. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
- ↑ Minority Rights Group (1995). No longer invisible: Afro-Latin Americans today. Minority Rights Publications. p. 113. ISBN 978-1-873194-80-5. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
External links
- Pablo Alí at Wiki Dominica (in Spanish)
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