Chapter III · Historical Sketch—Changes of Government—1801 TO 1844

Rule of Toussaint l'Ouverture—Exodus of whites—Capture of Santo Domingo by French—War with negroes—Government of Ferrand—Incursion of Dessalines—Insurrection of Sanchez Ramirez—Reestablishment of Spanish rule—Proclamation of Colombian State of Spanish Haiti—Conquest by Haiti—Haitian rule—Duarte's conspiracy—Declaration of Independence.