Massacre

Beheadings of Moca

3 Apr 1805 – 28 Apr 1805 · 15.42° N, 61.33° W

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When
3 Apr 1805 – 28 Apr 1805
Kind
Massacre
Deaths
500
Coordinates
15.42° N, 61.33° W
Description
massacre at Santo Domingo on April 6, 1805

Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.

Beheadings of Moca

1805 massacre of Dominicans by Haitian troops in Santo Domingo

The Beheadings of Moca was a massacre that took place in Santo Domingo in April 1805 when the invading Haitian army attacked civilians as ordered by Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Henri Christophe. The event was narrated by survivor Gaspar Arredondo y Pichardo in his book Memoria de mi salida de la isla de Santo Domingo el 28 de abril de 1805 , which was written nearly 40 years after the massacre is said to have taken p…

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