Hi my name is Reynaldo Figaro, Martha is my God Mather. She is a wonderful person and historian. my house is in Samana i live in Virginia. one of the things that i like most is the accent. My grand mother and most of the older have the 1800 English accent.
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I met a Dominican man from that area, his name is Jose Luis Banks, he told me that his people were originally from Georgia, and that is grandfather would tell him stories that were passed down to him from his kin folk.
Thank you for posting this. My mother Dominican, and my father is African American, I have some family members on his side that left the United States and came to Samaná and still live out there to this day ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾🇩🇴
Former Dominican President Pedro Bartolomé Benoit Vanderhorst, and his mother Daisy Harrietta Vanderhorst Rollin were from Samaná, and are descended of African American freed slaves, Former base ball player Fernando Rodney is dominican of African American heritage as well, he is from Samaná también.
This woman doesn't sound like she has a Dominican accent, or any accent related to the Caribbean. Her accent is very similar to how black people sound in the south, especially the Geechee people of South Carolina. It's nice to hear that after all these years, these people preserved the English language and their accent.
My town has a rich history. My grandmother spoke English all the time with her siblings, she told me her mother only talked to her in English too, but she didn’t like it, she would asked her mom to talk to her in Spanish. My great grandmother last name was Vanderhorst . I wish she was alive, so I can ask her more about her descendants.
My grandmother English was the same as her she was a king and her grandparent came from down there To I believe it’s was Charleston SC king , Green and Wright
Very nice interview with the historian from Samana who still can speak English with accent of people from the 1800 that probably was used by their ancestors from Philadelphia, the carolinas, that reminds me of the accent of my grand mother when she spoke English.
I love that interview, seen Samanenses speaking English with that accent reminds me of my grand mother Magdalena Acosta who spoke several languages, including English which she mastered as well as Haitian creole which she spoke perfectly as I as told by a haitian friend.
Samana was so isolated, the people were able to retain their culture and manner of speech for many years. We have known Acostas in Samana that were English speaking.
Do you guys know if Samaneses people retain African-American music traditions, particularly spiritual music, like field hollering, ring shout dancing, and call and response chanting?
I do not know, a portion of them retained English language as well as French Creole, the "call and response" is something that is common among the country men and women as they work in the field. El baile del palo "the dance of the stick" is another tradition.
Actually wasn't the people already agree. Your leader brought them there to help fight for their freedom. I think it was a fair exchange of services. I'm so proud that they're not denying their blackness. Black Americans will always stand tall and never deny who they are. Because we're always black and we're proud.
The black Americans were already free. The Dominican leader brought them over to help keep their freedom. I think that was a fair exchange of services. I'm so happy that the black Americans do not deny who they are. I noticed black Americans that went to Israel I set up a beautiful community. I'm glad to hear that they sign up the same community and the Dominican. Sounds like they flourished in both communities without denying who they were. I'm proud that these black Americans never denied their blackness or their Journey. I am always proud to say I'm Black and I'm Proud. I'm proud of my people all around the world you're holding us down without losing your dignity and sell it out.
Ms. Willmore speaks of a person named Joe Wright, is this Captain Jose Wright who fought alone side Foundering Father, General Gregorio Luperon? to fight against spain 1861 to 1865 " the war of Restoration " African Americans have really contributed to the island nation, I'm very proud of my people.
Every Province in the country should have a special place to visit to get reference of our roots/history. This is very interesting. It is so sad that we are not taught about this at school and usually our parents don't have concrete information about their ancestors. I heard that my great grandfather used to be a fisherman from Grand Turk Island that used to come to Puerto Plata, and his last-name was Tucker. :) I wish i could have more information about emigrations from other islands to the country but i think that info was probably erased in Trujillo's era. That's why many Dominicans don't usually identify with their black side, because of the lack of information. Note: It doesn't happen everywhere. In DR there are a lot of people that hold a strong bond to their African roots.
she dont sound like a panamanians. panamanians sound jamaicans. this women sound like a old black america women from the country in the south especially in coastal va and nc. im from newport news va and my grandma sound like this. we got blacks that talk just like her almost in virginia. its almost like that slave accent.
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Proud to have Samana blood flowing thru my veins.. Father is Cipriano King from the North West Samana, raised in a church called Bethesda, my uncle Mong is still out there.. KINGS, MILLERS, SHEPHERDS, JONES & HILTONS are my bloodline
Wow it is good to know where my ancestors came from. I'm wondering if there is any additional information about my family that Mrs Wilmore knows about. I traveled to Samana 3 years ago but wasn't able to gather much information
@@miguelgeorgemorales5211 I don't have much information from my father's ancestors but I would bet they are all related somehow. How ironic my son's name is James lol
John Fuchu do you have WhatsApp or Facebook look for me as Miguel George Mike Morales on Facebook so we could talk I have a cousin name Richard Fuchu who is in the army
MY LAST NAME APPEARS IN THIS DOCUMENTARY CARRASCO , SAMANA IS FILLED WITH SUCH RICH HISTORY THAT SADLY SOME DOMINICANS DO NOT WANT TO ACCEPT OR EMBRACE . SUCH SHAME . LOVE ALL MY PEOPLE AND OUR RICH HISTORY.
***** why did you ask her about Joe Wrigth, and the Wilmore was caming from North Caroline and where was Joe coming from in does days , i would like to have her phone number please so i could talk to her
@@fwc9500 through my research i learned that my 3rd great grandfather migrated to Philadelphia from Kentucky and was on that ship to find a better life for the family and was detoured to Samana and stayed and today I learned that he left he stamp on that providence as Johnson is a original known surname their to this day. I definitely want to visit as i keep revisiting and rediscovering my family roots
Hi! Berson was not included in any of my lists for Samana, but the emigrants of 1824-5 settled all over the island. It is just that Samana was so isolated, the people were able to retain their culture and manner of speech for many years.
Is there a way we can create a gofundme page to get these people back to America? They are part of Americans so it make sense to have them transported by to their homeland.
until African Americans improve our current situation and get our own being truly free it might not even worth them coming unless they want to reconnect which i heard stories of some doing so
Omg! I was thinking this, poor people they are holding on to their identity 🇺🇸 so tight to show us that they are ready to come back home. I heard many was able to get citizenship which makes me happy! They deserve to be home.🙏
Jean Pierre Boyer was president of Haiti not Hispaniola. There was no country named Hispaniola. It was the Haitians who welcomed these blacks to what was then Haiti. Dominicans had nothing to do with it.
Yudah El, I am not talking about Dominicans. The whole island was under Haitian rule at the time. Haiti's president provided land and welcomed these blacks.
The whole island was Haiti back then. Present day DR was Spanish Haiti and the whole island is called Hispaniola, while back then, also being Haiti- the entire Island. SO back then Haiti and Hispaniola were synonyms. Which is what the entire Island WAS for 20 something years.... I'm Haitian I know the History. Of course, now DR is its own country and wants their acknowledgment, separate from Haiti, it makes perfect sense.
Franklin Velez it literally was called Spanish Haiti the whole island did belong to Haiti technically untill you guys made it ur own, we helped u guys and every other country gain Independence period. . Just like we were an overseas French territory before Independence (France) and y'all were an overseas Spanish territory, ( a part of Spain) So an Island that belonged to Spain, that's what happens when colonialism occurs... You're the idiot lol. Also before France came Hispaniola was an overseas Spanish territory that's why Hispaniola translates to 'the Spanish island' in case you didn't know.... Just like how PR is apart of the US now.. it's called occupying and colonizing (owning) A country. We were all owned by another country at some point.. learn ur history. I'm not saying it's right but it's true bro... No disrespect to DR I have nothing against u guys.... You don't have to accept it, but it's true, for 22 years the entire Hispaniola was considered Haiti and Spanish HAITI. If you don't believe me look it up on Wikipedia or something, it was Haiti bro. NOW it isn't. That's the whole point . Just like now we aren't France and Spain..... Common sense bro.
Mario Regis help us?,by killing all the whites and light skin people?,children,women,men and forcing them by paying taxes so you could pay France your freedom for 22 years.....no bro,you got it twisted
The similarity to Gullah or Gee-Che is not because these people came from those areas. It's because the immigrants to Samana in the 1820's were much closer to their West African immigrant past and that this was the common "English" speech pattern of slaves over many areas at the time in the United States. That speech pattern has been lost due to subsequent linguistic changes in the US amongst black communities, but enclaves like the Georgia Sea Islands, and the community of Samana retain it. Remember that most of these people were manumitted or freedmen who immigrated to Haiti. Some were excited to be moving to a "black nation" in the Americas, and to participate in making it successful. Others just wanted to escape the strictures of being black in the USA, despite being manumitted. Many, if not most, came from the northern states. It would have been difficult, if not impossible, for an enslaved individual from the Carolinas or Georgia to immigrate to Haiti.
The Sea Islands are off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia. My family is from Port Royal Island and St. Helena. Those islands are considered part of South Carolina.
it’s boff cuz they came from them areas and cuz the common speech pattern at that time was like this. Most AAs during and after slavery spoke a dialect of Gullah Geechee
the pblack populatoin in the dr is higher than 11%. the recent haitian descended population in the dr is like 20% and they are almost all black. the native black dominican black population is probably 11%. the dr dna is more african than european especially when you consider that haitian-dominicans make up a big population there.
@@erikak.3159 well said, black dominicans r alot more numerous in the DR itself than any of these haitian or cocolo descendants, which btw cocolos like these only makeup about 0.01% of the countrty literally, haitians r about 6% of DR. black pop in DR has already been stated in the dominican media to be about 45%
Samama was a big push to make trade relations between black Americans and Haitians, however, that effort was killed off. When Haiti Tried to unite the island into one country the Hispanic populace fought against it. They even went so far as to trying to be annexed by Spain or the US. The Dominicans sided with the Spanish colonizers against the Black Americans and Haiti.
@@ABlue-iz4rg Yes Thats why they're so hostile to Black Americans and the division between Haiti and The Dominican Republic is so fierce. The D.R. Border patrol is highly restrictive and they are deporting any citizen whose lineage can be traced back to Haiti. They praise their Spanish colonizers and hate their Black ancestors.
@@diandremosley that's fucked up considering that we helped them in the war of restoration for their independence. Weird thing is, there is STILL a large number of our descendents in the Domincan Republic.
No. We have always wanted to be an independent country. Some people wanted to link us with the great Colombia, some wanted to link with Haiti, some wanted to link with Spain but our will for being independent was higher, that's why every nation that tried to take our country was kicked out including United States from 1917 to 1924. If we really wanted the colonizers they would still own our country, or in the worst scenario, then whole island. Right now our fight in our country is against corruption, not skin color or race.
The entire island is Haiti belong to Haitians. Dessalines gave independence to the entire island in 1804 according to the haitian constitution of 1805 the entire island is Haiti. But the white imperialism separated the island to minimize Haiti.
Dominicans biblical name is the tribe of Simeon who fit the curses of deuteronomy 28:15-68 the Gods chosen people . Dominican is a name of the european. Simeonites are the true hebrews of the northern kingdom . Their ancesters came put of the exodus with Moses . You can find it. Haitians are their brothers ho is the tribe of Levi . Puerto rico is the tribe ephraim and cuba is the tribe of manasseh
the black population in colomba is very much underestimated. also you're averages are off. you can take admixed population like puerto ricans, afro-americans, colombians, and domincans and expect to get a true average there is no way a thousand random people will give you the random average of 100 million people. its too hard and who are they testing. also puerto ricans, colombians and dominicans are not a race and testing individuals with less black dna will give different result than vice vers
During the time of the civil North American revolution the government offered the free slaves $40 dollars and a mule to leave north America and form their own country leaving most of them everywhere in the Spanish countries; creating a history of African slavery by Spanish conquests and the slavery was established by England, French, and Portuguese in orden to take over the Spanish dominance in the new territories in American Continents.
Boyer was not president of Hispaniola. There was no country named Hispaniola. He was President of Haiti. The Haitians invaded and occupied the whole island and named it Haiti. These black americans were invited by a Haitian president to settle in Haiti and gave them land. I guess your anti-Haitian bias prevented you from giving credit where it is due.
@@NATHALIE1 it’s not hate, Haitians were the one who welcomed them to the island, the Dominican have nothing to do with it. The whole island is Haiti and ruled by haitian till 1844 when the colonizers created Dominican rep.
Hi my name is Reynaldo Figaro, Martha is my God Mather. She is a wonderful person and historian. my house is in Samana i live in Virginia. one of the things that i like most is the accent. My grand mother and most of the older have the 1800 English accent.
Do you plan on seeing Samana and Martha again?
Waoooo. So do you know Librado Figaro Johnson
Would you ever live in Samaná again?
God is good!
This is fascinating.
It's amazing that they still speak english. She has an accent similar to the Gullahs/Geeches.
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I met a Dominican man from that area, his name is Jose Luis Banks, he told me that his people were originally from Georgia, and that is grandfather would tell him stories that were passed down to him from his kin folk.
Did you grow up near Samaná?
North Carolina , South Carolina , the Caroline’s , Maryland , Virginia
Thank you for posting this. My mother Dominican, and my father is African American, I have some family members on his side that left the United States and came to Samaná and still live out there to this day ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾🇩🇴
Were you born in the United States or the Dominican Republic?
Former Dominican President Pedro Bartolomé Benoit Vanderhorst, and his mother Daisy Harrietta Vanderhorst Rollin were from Samaná, and are descended of African American freed slaves, Former base ball player Fernando Rodney is dominican of African American heritage as well, he is from Samaná también.
This woman doesn't sound like she has a Dominican accent, or any accent related to the Caribbean.
Her accent is very similar to how black people sound in the south, especially the Geechee people of South Carolina.
It's nice to hear that after all these years, these people preserved the English language and their accent.
Yea, she doesn’t have any type of Caribbean accent… it definitely sounds like a geechee type accent
My grandmother (rip)spoke like her too from Samana. Toya Green.
especially wen she say chirren/churn that’s straight AA/Geechee
@@dreadhead2cute853 Geechee accents are like a Caribbean and southern accent merged together.
My town has a rich history. My grandmother spoke English all the time with her siblings, she told me her mother only talked to her in English too, but she didn’t like it, she would asked her mom to talk to her in Spanish. My great grandmother last name was Vanderhorst . I wish she was alive, so I can ask her more about her descendants.
Saludo familia
Thank you for documenting these amazing stories from my mother's land.
Interesting. Her accent is similar to the geechee accent.
My grandmother English was the same as her she was a king and her grandparent came from down there To I believe it’s was Charleston SC king , Green and Wright
Very nice interview with the historian from Samana who still can speak English with accent of people from the 1800 that probably was used by their ancestors from Philadelphia, the carolinas, that reminds me of the accent of my grand mother when she spoke English.
I love that interview, seen Samanenses speaking English with that accent reminds me of my grand mother Magdalena Acosta who spoke several languages, including English which she mastered as well as Haitian creole which she spoke perfectly as I as told by a haitian friend.
Samana was so isolated, the people were able to retain their culture and manner of speech for many years. We have known Acostas in Samana that were English speaking.
Ramon Acosta como consigo el numero de martha
Do you guys know if Samaneses people retain African-American music traditions, particularly spiritual music, like field hollering, ring shout dancing, and call and response chanting?
I do not know, a portion of them retained English language as well as French Creole, the "call and response" is something that is common among the country men and women as they work in the field. El baile del palo "the dance of the stick" is another tradition.
I'm crying here ...so fkng proud of not only being cocolo, but also knowing that my lil'island's involvement on the emancipation of south slaves.
as an African American, I feel you bru!!
@@R.G.Willmore you American he’s Dominican
@@nyckidd6004 And?
Actually wasn't the people already agree. Your leader brought them there to help fight for their freedom. I think it was a fair exchange of services. I'm so proud that they're not denying their blackness. Black Americans will always stand tall and never deny who they are. Because we're always black and we're proud.
@@nyckidd6004 I said as an african american, I know what I was referring too.
The black Americans were already free. The Dominican leader brought them over to help keep their freedom. I think that was a fair exchange of services. I'm so happy that the black Americans do not deny who they are. I noticed black Americans that went to Israel I set up a beautiful community. I'm glad to hear that they sign up the same community and the Dominican. Sounds like they flourished in both communities without denying who they were. I'm proud that these black Americans never denied their blackness or their Journey. I am always proud to say I'm Black and I'm Proud. I'm proud of my people all around the world you're holding us down without losing your dignity and sell it out.
they came to the island under haitian Jean Boyer, the dominican republic was not born yet
Thanks for this video. Now I love more my beautiful country!!!!
Most of theses families are from South Carolina, Georgia and North Carolina sea islands
Reginald Middleton my grandmother spoke that way she was from Columbia south Carolina.
Great information. Thank you.
Philadelphia
That's where most slaves in America originated from the South.
some also came from alabama too
my grandmother spoke that way she was from Columbia south Carolina it's called gualla
I didn't know this history about our country. It's amazing how they still can speak both language after all those years.
Thanks to @kiskeyalife
Looooove this! Tahnk you very much!
Gracias por el video. Muy bien 👍🏿💖
They claim the Guale were extinct but we still here under another name Gulla Gheechee ...spread far and wide .
Ms. Willmore speaks of a person named Joe Wright, is this Captain Jose Wright who fought alone side Foundering Father, General Gregorio Luperon? to fight against spain 1861 to 1865 " the war of Restoration " African Americans have really contributed to the island nation, I'm very proud of my people.
Yes that’s my 3rd great grandfather
Every Province in the country should have a special place to visit to get reference of our roots/history. This is very interesting. It is so sad that we are not taught about this at school and usually our parents don't have concrete information about their ancestors. I heard that my great grandfather used to be a fisherman from Grand Turk Island that used to come to Puerto Plata, and his last-name was Tucker. :) I wish i could have more information about emigrations from other islands to the country but i think that info was probably erased in Trujillo's era. That's why many Dominicans don't usually identify with their black side, because of the lack of information.
Note: It doesn't happen everywhere. In DR there are a lot of people that hold a strong bond to their African roots.
Wow this video surprised me , I know Martha since I was a child 😯
Is that so .arrange for me to meet her
I know right
she dont sound like a panamanians. panamanians sound jamaicans. this women sound like a old black america women from the country in the south especially in coastal va and nc. im from newport news va and my grandma sound like this. we got blacks that talk just like her almost in virginia. its almost like that slave accent.
I’ve done my dna 🧬 test and that’s what it’s said we have and share this community you just said
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Greetings brother this is a great video love it I would love to meet my people's in samana
I'm a Samanese from one of these families 🔥🔥🔥 from Philadelphia but i live in Italy
This is a fascinating story and topic.
WOW !, speechless
Beautiful hidden history. I love love Madame's accent.
Proud to have Samana blood flowing thru my veins.. Father is Cipriano King from the North West Samana, raised in a church called Bethesda, my uncle Mong is still out there.. KINGS, MILLERS, SHEPHERDS, JONES & HILTONS are my bloodline
My grandmother was Estela King we are living in La Romana
Miguel George Morales my last name is King, my dad is from Samana, he has family in La Romana as well
Wordsmith 3115 I know of some family live in Maryland and New York , I herd of Ciprian from villa pereira
Miguel George Morales yeah that’s my dad, small world
Wordsmith 3115 hit me up on WhatsApp 815-386-3714
I’m from Santiago de los caballero
I had no idea. It was God who showed me this . The things I don't know about the history of my people
a sustainable dental health-care initiative in Samana.
Martha Willmore's home/clinic.
Why did she ask for Josepth Wright he was my grandmother grandfather 👴🏾
google it is very interesting plus in samana they got the best African Caribbean fry chicken in the world
Amazing. Our African American history is international. Thanks for this information
My father’s side is from there. I wish I could know more about my family’s history.
I have Johnson in my family , vivito Johnson married and had children with my 3rd cousin Sarah Leah King
Does anyone have any information on the African Americans who settled in Santo Domingo, or Puerta Plata during this time period?
Wow it is good to know where my ancestors came from. I'm wondering if there is any additional information about my family that Mrs Wilmore knows about. I traveled to Samana 3 years ago but wasn't able to gather much information
Hello my grandmother was a Forchue or Fuchu her name was esterla king Forchue and her grandfather I believe was James Forchue
@@miguelgeorgemorales5211 I don't have much information from my father's ancestors but I would bet they are all related somehow. How ironic my son's name is James lol
John Fuchu do you have WhatsApp or Facebook look for me as Miguel George Mike Morales on Facebook so we could talk I have a cousin name Richard Fuchu who is in the army
@@miguelgeorgemorales5211 my family is from samana , my last name is forchue
I know people in samana who speak English teaching from their grandparents
LUV DA VID IT'S TRULY INTERESTING
Most of these folks are Gullah geechee descendant from sc ga and nc
Hey I hope that is true. My family is Gullah -Geechee. I plan to visit!
Simply put African Americans
@Zero One Zero well your talking to one my friend. Family is from charleston and was raised there.
@Zero One Zero that don't mean anything, they could still be gechee as well gechee come from south carolina, and georgia, read geechee history.
not all samana americans, but the ones that are decented from south carolina would be geechee.
MY LAST NAME APPEARS IN THIS DOCUMENTARY CARRASCO , SAMANA IS FILLED WITH SUCH RICH HISTORY THAT SADLY SOME DOMINICANS DO NOT WANT TO ACCEPT OR EMBRACE . SUCH SHAME . LOVE ALL MY PEOPLE AND OUR RICH HISTORY.
They definitely don’t embrace it, Samana is one of the most beautiful places ever.. KING Family
Not all Dominican are black that's why. I know I'm not
Well, it's not part of our culture so we don't have to embrace anything 😂
I use to live there at Samana 1997-2008 , I know that lady who is speaking about where I’m from samana. ❤ god bless my country
I am a "kelly" my father is from samana
Chanel Kelly my last is King and my dad is from Samana as well, I’m very proud
My father has cousins Kelly and my last name is Forchue and millord
Mi abuelo es kelly vivía en monte rojo
Nice history wao so my kids they have afro american blood nice
Anybody knows when was this interview done? Thanks
The interview was done shortly before it was posted in August 2010.
***** why did you ask her about Joe Wrigth, and the Wilmore was caming from North Caroline and where was Joe coming from in does days , i would like to have her phone number please so i could talk to her
My father is from Sanchez, samana
Por supuesto , They came to enjoy in paradise and glory in spiritud and body.
The freed slaves were from Philadelphia and Kentucky
Are you sure about this cause my family have a badge that said Charleston SC
@@miguelgeorgemorales5211 we from all over the southeastern us, i.e the south and southeast.
Faithwalkerscharities ok thanks you for the information this women ancestor was the one who took my 3 great grandfather to the DR
@@fwc9500 through my research i learned that my 3rd great grandfather migrated to Philadelphia from Kentucky and was on that ship to find a better life for the family and was detoured to Samana and stayed and today I learned that he left he stamp on that providence as Johnson is a original known surname their to this day. I definitely want to visit as i keep revisiting and rediscovering my family roots
The Black American diaspora Fred's all through North America and Central America amazing
Do you have any list of the Inglish surnames that came to Samaná? I want to Know if Berson surname was included.
Hi! Berson was not included in any of my lists for Samana, but the emigrants of 1824-5 settled all over the island. It is just that Samana was so isolated, the people were able to retain their culture and manner of speech for many years.
***** Thanks,I just wanna from where my last name comes from.
***** Hi, I have a classmate with the Willmore surname. so there are still decendents here.
Yeah berson is from british. Thise surname because there too many surnames
berson and robinson are both last names from samana
So is Barrett
And james and kelly
Is there a way we can create a gofundme page to get these people back to America? They are part of Americans so it make sense to have them transported by to their homeland.
They are in America.😉
until African Americans improve our current situation and get our own being truly free it might not even worth them coming unless they want to reconnect which i heard stories of some doing so
Is it possible to create a gofundme page to get all Dominicans to Spain? Since the vast majority have ancestors from Spain.
@@Iamme516 no one in Spain would accept them because of their black skin, but Africa will 😁
Omg! I was thinking this, poor people they are holding on to their identity 🇺🇸 so tight to show us that they are ready to come back home. I heard many was able to get citizenship which makes me happy! They deserve to be home.🙏
@danaminaya WHERE CAN I READ THINGS ON THIS TOPIC
audio?
Jean Pierre Boyer was president of Haiti not Hispaniola. There was no country named Hispaniola. It was the Haitians who welcomed these blacks to what was then Haiti. Dominicans had nothing to do with it.
Dave Lopes
They did not welcome them, it was Lincoln who were forcing the people
Yudah El, I am not talking about Dominicans. The whole island was under Haitian rule at the time. Haiti's president provided land and welcomed these blacks.
The whole island was Haiti back then. Present day DR was Spanish Haiti and the whole island is called Hispaniola, while back then, also being Haiti- the entire Island. SO back then Haiti and Hispaniola were synonyms. Which is what the entire Island WAS for 20 something years.... I'm Haitian I know the History.
Of course, now DR is its own country and wants their acknowledgment, separate from Haiti, it makes perfect sense.
Franklin Velez it literally was called Spanish Haiti the whole island did belong to Haiti technically untill you guys made it ur own, we helped u guys and every other country gain Independence period. . Just like we were an overseas French territory before Independence (France) and y'all were an overseas Spanish territory, ( a part of Spain) So an Island that belonged to Spain, that's what happens when colonialism occurs... You're the idiot lol. Also before France came Hispaniola was an overseas Spanish territory that's why Hispaniola translates to 'the Spanish island' in case you didn't know.... Just like how PR is apart of the US now.. it's called occupying and colonizing (owning) A country. We were all owned by another country at some point.. learn ur history. I'm not saying it's right but it's true bro... No disrespect to DR I have nothing against u guys....
You don't have to accept it, but it's true, for 22 years the entire Hispaniola was considered Haiti and Spanish HAITI. If you don't believe me look it up on Wikipedia or something, it was Haiti bro. NOW it isn't. That's the whole point . Just like now we aren't France and Spain..... Common sense bro.
Mario Regis help us?,by killing all the whites and light skin people?,children,women,men and forcing them by paying taxes so you could pay France your freedom for 22 years.....no bro,you got it twisted
The similarity to Gullah or Gee-Che is not because these people came from those areas. It's because the immigrants to Samana in the 1820's were much closer to their West African immigrant past and that this was the common "English" speech pattern of slaves over many areas at the time in the United States. That speech pattern has been lost due to subsequent linguistic changes in the US amongst black communities, but enclaves like the Georgia Sea Islands, and the community of Samana retain it.
Remember that most of these people were manumitted or freedmen who immigrated to Haiti. Some were excited to be moving to a "black nation" in the Americas, and to participate in making it successful. Others just wanted to escape the strictures of being black in the USA, despite being manumitted. Many, if not most, came from the northern states. It would have been difficult, if not impossible, for an enslaved individual from the Carolinas or Georgia to immigrate to Haiti.
The Sea Islands are off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia. My family is from Port Royal Island and St. Helena. Those islands are considered part of South Carolina.
it’s boff cuz they came from them areas and cuz the common speech pattern at that time was like this. Most AAs during and after slavery spoke a dialect of Gullah Geechee
the pblack populatoin in the dr is higher than 11%. the recent haitian descended population in the dr is like 20% and they are almost all black. the native black dominican black population is probably 11%. the dr dna is more african than european especially when you consider that haitian-dominicans make up a big population there.
What about the slaves that was in the Dominican Republic before the Haitian revolution?
Stop talking nonsense.
@@erikak.3159 well said, black dominicans r alot more numerous in the DR itself than any of these haitian or cocolo descendants, which btw cocolos like these only makeup about 0.01% of the countrty literally, haitians r about 6% of DR. black pop in DR has already been stated in the dominican media to be about 45%
How can Haitian Dominicans make up a big part of Dominican Republic and they hate Haitians.
Samama was a big push to make trade relations between black Americans and Haitians, however, that effort was killed off. When Haiti Tried to unite the island into one country the Hispanic populace fought against it. They even went so far as to trying to be annexed by Spain or the US. The Dominicans sided with the Spanish colonizers against the Black Americans and Haiti.
The Dominicans sided with the Spanish against us even after we (Black Americans) helped them get their independence from Haiti?
@@ABlue-iz4rg Yes Thats why they're so hostile to Black Americans and the division between Haiti and The Dominican Republic is so fierce. The D.R. Border patrol is highly restrictive and they are deporting any citizen whose lineage can be traced back to Haiti. They praise their Spanish colonizers and hate their Black ancestors.
@@diandremosley that's fucked up considering that we helped them in the war of restoration for their independence. Weird thing is, there is STILL a large number of our descendents in the Domincan Republic.
No. We have always wanted to be an independent country. Some people wanted to link us with the great Colombia, some wanted to link with Haiti, some wanted to link with Spain but our will for being independent was higher, that's why every nation that tried to take our country was kicked out including United States from 1917 to 1924. If we really wanted the colonizers they would still own our country, or in the worst scenario, then whole island. Right now our fight in our country is against corruption, not skin color or race.
The entire island is Haiti belong to Haitians. Dessalines gave independence to the entire island in 1804 according to the haitian constitution of 1805 the entire island is Haiti. But the white imperialism separated the island to minimize Haiti.
Samana/Haiti Synergy
Frank Minaya Willmore
Frank's Synergy
He was president of HAITI not hispanola
I am Dominican and I have the same accent in English is because my first language is Dominican Spanish
My English accent is the same very similar to people down south in America
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Dominicans biblical name is the tribe of Simeon who fit the curses of deuteronomy 28:15-68 the Gods chosen people . Dominican is a name of the european. Simeonites are the true hebrews of the northern kingdom . Their ancesters came put of the exodus with Moses . You can find it. Haitians are their brothers ho is the tribe of Levi . Puerto rico is the tribe ephraim and cuba is the tribe of manasseh
🇩🇴🤣🤣 stop that
@kiskeyalife
the black population in colomba is very much underestimated. also you're averages are off. you can take admixed population like puerto ricans, afro-americans, colombians, and domincans and expect to get a true average there is no way a thousand random people will give you the random average of 100 million people. its too hard and who are they testing. also puerto ricans, colombians and dominicans are not a race and testing individuals with less black dna will give different result than vice vers
Who told you we aint a race....
Tengo que beber de eso. Ginger bay
Samana/Haiti Synergy
afro americans who made samana theyr homeland united with the dominican rep to fight haiti for independense
During the time of the civil North American revolution the government offered the free slaves $40 dollars and a mule to leave north America and form their own country leaving most of them everywhere in the Spanish countries; creating a history of African slavery by Spanish conquests and the slavery was established by England, French, and Portuguese in orden to take over the Spanish dominance in the new territories in American Continents.
A lot of them went back to Liberia 🇱🇷
Boyer was not president of Hispaniola. There was no country named Hispaniola. He was President of Haiti. The Haitians invaded and occupied the whole island and named it Haiti. These black americans were invited by a Haitian president to settle in Haiti and gave them land. I guess your anti-Haitian bias prevented you from giving credit where it is due.
That's it...I'm out!
Dominican dont have nothin to do with them jean pierre boyer bring them
Stop your hate. They are dominican and proud dominicans.
@@NATHALIE1 it’s not hate, Haitians were the one who welcomed them to the island, the Dominican have nothing to do with it. The whole island is Haiti and ruled by haitian till 1844 when the colonizers created Dominican rep.
This woman has a Liberian accent.
John Jackson no!
Yes , I’ve done my dna 🧬 test and I share a community of Liberia 🇱🇷 you are so rite
Montserrado Liberia
@@miguelgeorgemorales6133I did my 23andMe and it also linked me with Montserrado, Liberia 🇱🇷. I’m African American from Alabama