Proposed annexation of Santo Domingo
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title:
Proposed annexation of Santo Domingo
text:
The proposed annexation of Santo Domingo was an attempted treaty during the later Reconstruction era, initiated by United States President Ulysses S. Grant in 1869, to annex Santo Domingo as a United States territory, with the promise of eventual statehood. President Grant feared some European power would take the island country in violation of the Monroe Doctrine. He privately thought annexation would be a safety valve for African Americans who were suffering persecution in the U.S., but he did
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description:
1869 attempted U.S. treaty to annex the Dominican Republic
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposed_annexation_of_Santo_Domingo
date created:
2010-09-16T01:28:23Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T03:05:57Z
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