Uprise In Santo Domingo

From the European and taste of sugar Depended the Caribbean riches Produced by extensive manual work Of Africans enslaved In colonial plantation economy regime Amid the hard work How fast the energy is exhausted, And hanging over the slaves The scarce supply in what sordid houses Nor medical care they had! ... Marrons were gangs of runaway slaves Hidden in the forest Out of imperial control ... Charismatic, was François Mackandal First effective marron leader Its people inspired with African traditions United and established in such a way Secret organizations Among the slaves of plantations And six years of rebellion he caused But oh, although he had been captured And burned in fire After his death, armed marrons persisted ... It was a brutal conflict period In the colony of Santo Domingo Leading to total elimination Of Slavery and the inevitable coming of Independence Of Haiti as the first republic Governed by afro-descent people