THE PASLEY MASSACRE OF 1937
Published on Nov 19, 2015
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Introduction: The Dominican leader, Rafael Trujillo, he wanted to kill the Haitians because they were stealing cattle and crops. Since the Haitians speak creole and the Dominicans speak Latin. Trujillo would send troops and give them a specific knife. The troops would go to each Haitian and ask them to say the knife in Spanish. If they didn't say it properly they would kill them.
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THE HAITIANS
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What's going on ?!?
- The Dominican leader and the troops
- The Haitians were being killed
- This was in 1937
- This happened between Haiti and Dominican Republic(massacre river bridge)
This problem all began when ...:The cause of the genocide was that the Dominican ruler Wanted to control more land. There was many more causes for this genocide.
The conflict between both regions was that the Dominicans wanted Haitians off of the island.
DOMINICAN FLAG
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WHAT MAKES THE GENOCIDE THE MOST IN NEED OF IMMEDIATE FINACIAL AID?
- Trujillo had sent troops to kill haitians which made it a genocide
- The Dominican troops killed children
- This still a lot of racism between them
- The first week of october , this year 75th anniversary of murdered cilvians
- So that there won't be another genocide to prevent any of these things to happen again
Haitians flag
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Conclusion: The leader, he didn't want Haitians to live. The Haitians was fighting for they're independence. The Dominicans didn't want Haitians on the island.
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