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Haitians and Dominicans lived in peace, and would often intermarry with each other. -
Haitians migrants had crossed the informal border region for generations, to work in the sugar plantations of the Dominican Republic.
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Rafael Trujillo ruled the Dominican Republic with absolute control over everything. -
During the great depression, the economy of the Dominican republic began to slump, and immigrants became the scapegoats. -
Rafael Trujillo planned the massacre as a way to prevent more migrants from Haiti, from "invading" the Dominican Republic.
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Dominican soldiers went around with a sprig of parsley, and forced suspected Haitians to pronounce the Spanish word for it. -
Women and children were beaten and hacked to death just for being Haitian.
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The bodies of the murdered Haitians were dumped into the massacre river.
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Dark-skinned Dominicans were caught up in the purge known as "el corte", the cutting.
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Many Dominican citizens faced severe consequences for helping their Haitian neighbors escape.
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Rafael Trujillo was considered a staunch all by the U.S. administration, until the scale of the massacre emerged. -
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration made the Dominican republic pay reparations to the victims families, but the money never reached any of them. -
Rafael Trujillo was assassinated in the city of Santo Domingo, by a group of conspirators led by the Dominican general, Antonio Barrera.