Landowners and laborers both fled this island en masse rather than produce crops for export under the restrictive 1826 Rural Code. Migrant workers on this island formed commun
Landowners and laborers both fled this island en masse rather than produce crops for export under the restrictive 1826 Rural Code. Migrant workers on this island formed communities called bateyes. Factions from this island's Cibao region opposed an attempt to unify part of it with Gran Colombia. The near bankruptcy of a government on this island prompted Pedro Santana to ask for it to be re-colonized. An independence movement on this island called La (*) Trinitaria was led by Juan Pablo Duarte. The American Colonization Society promoted mass immigration to this island in the 1820s after its unification. Slavery was abolished throughout this island by Jean-Pierre Boyer. For 10 points, identify this island which, after 1844, was divided between Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Landowners and laborers both fled this island en masse rather than produce crops for export under the restrictive 1826 Rural Code.
Hispaniola [or Santo Domingo; or Saint-Domingue; or Haiti]