Re:Haiti vs. the Dominican Republic
by breezylex on Thursday July 22, 2021 @11:15AM
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Bingo! I'm Dominican and completely agree with your points. Just to add one important difference as well is that Spaniards converted their slaves into Christianity or Catholicism religion where the French never bothered with institutionalizing their religion to theirs. One of the many reason why Haitians culture gravitates more towards Afro descendant rituals and traditions.
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Re:Haiti vs. the Dominican Republic
by Tabular-Iceberg on Friday July 23, 2021 @03:22AM
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It didn't seem to be for the lack of French missionaries. But for some reason it didn't stick as well. Maybe there was more buy-in from the civil authorities on the Spanish side, thanks to people like Bartolomé de las Casas.