Table of Contents:
  • Roots and branches of the tree of liberty
  • Life by steam : the Dominican Republic's first republic, 1844-1861
  • Soon it will be Mexico's turn : Caribbean empire and Dominican annexation
  • The white race is destined to occupy this island : annexation and the question of free labor
  • The Haitians or the whites? Colonization and resistance, 1861-1863
  • You promised to die of hunger : resistance, slavery, and all-out war
  • The lava spread everywhere : rural revolution, the provisional government, and Haiti
  • Nothing remains anymore : the last days of Spanish rule.