Juan pablo duarte biography en ingles

Juan Pablo Duarte (b. 26 January 1813; d. 15 July 1876), leader of Dominican independence. While studying abroad in Europe, Duarte was influenced by the French romantic literary movement.

Juan pablo duarte biography en ingles

With his homeland under Haitian occupation (1822–1844), the ideals of liberty and equality became of great importance to him. In 1838, Duarte and two others, Francisco de Rosario Sánchez and Ramón Mella, formed La Trinitaria, a secret society whose goal was independence.

The society proved very successful but resulted in Duarte's exile. After the Haitian president Jean-Pierre Boyer was overthrown in 1844, Duarte returned to Santo Domingo to take part in the formation of a new and independent government.

Imbued with the ideals of the French Revolution, his idealism soon alienated him from the more militaristic leaders, and strongman General Pedro Santana jailed and ultimately exiled him once more. After a brief stay in Germany, Duarte spent fifteen years as a rec