Have you ever wanted to fight for your country if? Juan Pablo Duarte fought for his country and won. While the period of the "Spanish Foolishness" Duarte, with Francisco del Rosario Sanchez and Ramon Matias Mella is considered to be one of the founding fathers of Dominican Republic.
Juan Pablo Duarte was born on January 26, 1813 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. His family left Dominican Republic in 1801 when the Haitian troops, Toussaint L'Ouverture, took possession of the city. They fled to Puerto Rico, residing there until the Spanish regained control of part the country in the War of “Reconquista” in 1809.Duarte was one of the best students he was taught by the best teacher of the university of Santo Domingo Doctor Juan Vicente Troncoso. He studied philosophy and Roman Rights. He went to New York, London, Paris and to Barcelona Spain, because of that he learn a lot of languages.
Duarte helped organized a secret society that went against the jean-Pierre Boyer (The Haitian president) he controlled the eastern part of the island. And because Duarte was making a rebellion, him and his friends were force to leave the country. They came back and they went against the Haitian and the Free “La Española” Dominican Republic.
Now the people luck back at that time and remember that in that time there were people that were ready to give their lives for their land.
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