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Posted By: Walker

Date: Wednesday, 28 February

In Response To: African-Americans (Kim)

In the past, they come here to work in sugar factorys, sended by they goverment, who received dollars in exchange. . . . .
Walker
Cibao Newsman
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Sr. Walker,

Mrs. CES mentioned that you are possible an on air personality for Univision (morning programme), is this true?

Regards,

. . . CES

Weren't most haitians assigned to the fields to cut the sugar cane? I have also read about the deals Papa and Baby Doc made with Trujillo and Balaguer to purchase prisoners from Haiti and they became indentured servants. Even back in the 19th century groups of Haitians were brought over when labor supplies were low. I have learned about groups in Los Mina and Samana who are decedants from Haitians (2 and 3 generations) and have been Dominicanized today. I attended a class by a Dominican historian Roberto Cassa, and he pointed out that this happened because in the 17th century, the Dominican economy grew it's cattle industry instead of sugar cane and it is less labor intensive. The connections with slave traders dried up and when workers were needed they went next door. It those days Haiti was more prosperous than the DR and continued to bring more Africans to the eastern part of the island as they were they richest of the French colonies before independence in 1804.

Not, im Not a member of Univision TV, i just writte in theyr Foro Dominicano in Univision.Com, sometimes, about my City Santiago.

2.- Yes im a reporter for CAFECITO Listin Diario Nespaper, and also im a TV man for Tele Universo, channel UHF 29. FUÑENDO is the name a the program, but it is really hard to translate what
it means.

Thanks for your interest in a simple reporter no english speaker, as me.

walker@univision.com

You say many interesting thinks about the story oc economic relations betwen the both sides of the island in the past.

2 I have also read about the deals Papa and Baby Doc made with Trujillo and Balaguer to purchase prisoners from Haiti and they became indentured servants. Never now about this before. I remember paragoverments agents in the past paging money to the
haitian govertment to let they people come here to work in sugar companys in very bad conditions. And as member of the Foreing Affairs Departmet of the country in that time, Balaguer was the
negociator whem Trujillo give the instruccions to the killing of
many haitians in 1936. As you know, it ended with Trujillo paging money for the deaths, to they goverment.

I never knew the Dominican government paid damages for the mass killings in 1936. What authority forced them to do that? I have visisted the 'islas de muertos" off the coast of Monte Cristi. Is this really where many of the bodies were dumped?

"In the days following October 4, 1937, the army assasinated all Haitains on sight. Eighteen thousand Haitains were killed."

" the case was closed in February 1939 when the Dominican government paid the Haitian government $525,000 as compensation for" ,,,, "frontier conflicts,"

This from pages 368 and 369 of,, "Frank Moya Pons, The Dominican Republic, A National History."

Estimado Walker:

Bienvenido a DR1. Por el ingles, no te preocupes. Todos te entendimos. Quiero darte las gracias anticipadas for por toda la informacion que puedas aportar a este medio. Solo queria decirte que la traduccion mas cercana que pude llegar a la palabra fuñendo es "Pestering." Yo soy Mrs.CES.

Atentamente,

"Una Cibaeña"

ps. . . CES te enviara un E-mail mas luego.

Me has evitado tener que preguntar a los amigos entendidos en historia, datos del pago por los muertos. Quedan dos preguntas:
estan muchos de los cadaveres en Montecrisi?

2 Quien o que obligo a Trujillo a realizar el pago?

Please some bilingual nice translate it to english

walker@univision.com
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So, im a Pestering Show TV Man..thanks for the information, now i can tell what mi ocupattion is, besides a reporter

walker@univision.com