The Beheadings of Moca (Spanish: Degüello de Moca [lit. The Throat-Cutting of Moca]; French: Décapitation de Moca; Haitian Creole: Masak nan Moca) was a massacre that took place in Santo Domingo (now the Dominican Republic) in April 1805 when the invading Haitian army attacked civilians as ordered by Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Henri Christophe, during their retreat to Haiti after the failed attempt to end French rule in Santo Domingo.
The Beheadings of Moca (Spanish: Degüello de Moca [lit. The Throat-Cutting of Moca]; French: Décapitation de Moca; Haitian Creole: Masak nan Moca) was a massacre that took place in Santo Domingo (now the Dominican Republic) in April 1805 when the invading Haitian army attacked civilians as ordered by Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Henri Christophe, during their retreat to Haiti after the failed attempt to end French rule in Santo Domingo.
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