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People: Rabban Bar Sauma
Topic: Western Art: 1696 to 1708
Location: Amaravati Andhra Pradesh India

Renewed annexation talks between the Dominican and …

Years: 1852 - 1863

Renewed annexation talks between the Dominican and United States governments arouses the concern of Haitian emperor Soulouque.

Motivated at least in part by a desire to prevent the acquisition of any portion of Hispaniola by the slaveholding United States, Soulouque launches a new invasion in November 1855.

However, Dominican forces decisively defeat the Haitians in a number of engagements and force them back across the border by January 1856.