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The 1844 Monte Grande Revolt was a mutiny led by former slaves after the proclamation of Dominican independence on February 27, 1844. Though not an officials slave insurrection, this constituted the last muprising against the institution of slavery in the history of the Dominican Republic.
Background
Despite the persistent dissemination of the principles of Duarte regarding the equality and fraternity of races, so intensely instilled in the swarm of Trinitarians and their communications, the same night of February 27 the danger arose within many black troops."Desgrotte had warned the blacks from Monte Grande, among whom were many who had come from Africa in the times of Spain Boba, that the conspirators of the Puerta del Conde were thinking of reestablishing slavery. Spirits were stirred and fear spread in a terrifying way; the mutineers remembered that they owed their manumission to the Haitians, who had abolished slavery twice before by Toussaint Louverture and Jean-Pierre Boyer in January 1801 and in February 1822, respectively.
Other rumors spread to nearby rural areas that We rejoined Colombia, which would return to be governed by the French or the Spanish when the Separation occurred; and how By then slavery reigned fiercely in all the islands of the archipelago of the Antilles, in the French, in the Spanish, in the Danish, the Dutch and the Venezuelan, with the sole exception of the English, as well as in Colombia, the United States and the majority of the Republics of the New World, the fears of the Montegranderos were well-founded. Don Tomas Bobadilla, Don Manuel Jimenes and Don Carlos Moreno, armed with the truth, They headed to the place, convinced the rebels that Desgrotte was deceiving them, warded off the danger, and returned to the city in the company of the Montegranderos "turned into determined soldiers of the Separation"?(20) This illustrious historian orders, when recounting the episode of Monte Grande, which could have had serious consequences, that "Duarte, by breathing into our people the spirit of nationality, He solemnly proclaimed the principle of race unity (or fusion of races) and with energy of character he made his followers respect it. co-religionists, all white at the beginning of the Revolution and still imbued with the exclusivist ideas of 1821." (21) It is an incontrovertible reality that Duarte's preaching, begun since his return in 1832 from rebellious Catalonia, managed to eradicate concerns about color and nobility that, to tell the truth, never had deep roots in this town. Regarding noble pretensions, the Dominican Creoles felt upright, according to Don. Antonio Delmonte y Tejada, "with the mere title of Senor Don, which they preferred to the titles of Castile because of the frankness with which they were dispensed"? (22) The truth is that no Dominican ever sought them.
We insist that it is necessary to study the history of the February Pronouncement for clarifying purposes, since distortion has falsified it. The fateful rumor of what was being plotted in the darkness of Monte Grande arrived on the wings of scandal at the Puerta del Conde, spreading fear. Just a few hours before "most of those inexperienced and timid conspirators, gathered in that of Mercy, they were going to speak in embarrassment, and . . . Like rabbits, they were on their way to the hutch." (23) They were restrained by the presence of spirit and Mella's announcing shot.
It is also known that the energetic José Joaquín Puello, who acted as Head of Military Operations in the memorable Pronouncement, transmitted orders to the conspirators of Monte Grande; And since the determined and future hero of the Battle of Estrelleta already had fame, there is no doubt that the persuasive diligence of the leaders Bobadilla, Jimenes and Moreno also contributed to the bloodless dawn of the Republic.
The three aforementioned patriots promised the Montegranderos, as a pledge of truthfulness and the firmness of their intentions, a solemn abolitionist declaration. Hence, once the Provisional Government Board of the Dominican Republic was established, the name given to the first state institution, which was later changed to the Central Government Board, it will articulate its first legislative provision, which bears the date of March 1, declaring solemnly that "slavery has disappeared forever from the teniton of the Dominican Republic, and whoever propagates the opposite will be considered a criminal, persecuted and punished if necessary? (24)