1. By: Marc Johnson

2.  A genocide in which approximately 20,000-30,000 Haitians were killed in the Dominican Republic

3.  This genocide occurred on the borderlands of The Dominican Republic and Haiti

4.  The Genocide started on October 2 nd, 1937 and ended on October 8 th, 1937, lasting about five days

5.  Two Reasons:  Border issues  Agricultural issues

6.  Haiti covers only one third of the island whereas The Dominican Republic covers two thirds  Haiti has a larger population  The Dominican Republic has a large amount of farming land near the border  Haitians started to migrate over to The Dominican Republic to start farming  Haiti could try to claim the Haitian populated area in the Dominican as their own

7.  The Haitians were farming land and therefore stealing profits from Dominicans  Haitians were also stealing cattle and crop from the Dominicans

8.  Dominican President Rafael Trujillo started the genocide.

9.  Dominican troops, civilians and local political authorities used guns, machetes, clubs and knives  Haitians were separated from the Dominicans by the way they pronounced Parsley, hence the name, “The Parsley Massacre”

10.  Rafael Trujillo tried to blame Dominican citizens for the killings, but US proved otherwise  Trujillo developed the land near the border  New laws restricted the immigration of Haitians  The Haitian and American government sought reparations of $750,000. Only $525,000 was paid.  Of the $30 per victim, only 2 cents were given to survivors

11.  In 1915, a Haitian revolution occurred in which the president was killed  Nearby American naval ships came in to stop the fighting  The USA did not like the President that the Haitians wanted, so the US picked a President and forced him to sign into office  They stayed for 19 years, and all but one ship left in 1937

13.  http://www.blackpast.org/?q=gah/haitian-invasions-and-occupation-santo- domingo-1801-1844 http://www.blackpast.org/?q=gah/haitian-invasions-and-occupation-santo- domingo-1801-1844  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsley_Massacre http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsley_Massacre  http://tamarasiuda.com/2011/10/07/remembering-the-cutting-1937s-parsley- massacre/ http://tamarasiuda.com/2011/10/07/remembering-the-cutting-1937s-parsley- massacre/  http://haitiforever.com/windowsonhaiti/wucker1.shtml http://haitiforever.com/windowsonhaiti/wucker1.shtml  http://nineteenthirtyseven.wordpress.com/the-parsley-massacre/ http://nineteenthirtyseven.wordpress.com/the-parsley-massacre/  http://www.culturaldiplomacy.org/gphr/index.php?1937 http://www.culturaldiplomacy.org/gphr/index.php?1937  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Trujillo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Trujillo  http://thegermansmakegoodstuff.blogspot.ca/2011/10/brief-history-of- imperialist-interests.html http://thegermansmakegoodstuff.blogspot.ca/2011/10/brief-history-of- imperialist-interests.html  http://www.batayouvriye.org/English/Positions1/dr.html http://www.batayouvriye.org/English/Positions1/dr.html  http://fowomouvriye.org/Bulletins/001/70YearsAgo.html http://fowomouvriye.org/Bulletins/001/70YearsAgo.html  http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/forum/living-in-the-dr/general- info/2046/Dictator-Rafael-Trujillos-Haitian-Bloodline http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/forum/living-in-the-dr/general- info/2046/Dictator-Rafael-Trujillos-Haitian-Bloodline  http://www.pastforward.ca/publications/pf06/WRM%20Chapter%202%20ph otographs.htm http://www.pastforward.ca/publications/pf06/WRM%20Chapter%202%20ph otographs.htm  http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/od/historyofthecaribbean/p/08haiti19 15.htm http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/od/historyofthecaribbean/p/08haiti19 15.htm