José Núñez de Cáceres
| José Núñez de Cáceres | |
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| President of Spanish Haiti | |
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In office December 1, 1821 – February 9, 1822 |
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| Succeeded by | Jean-Pierre Boyer |
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| Born |
March 14, 1772 Santo Domingo, Captaincy General of Santo Domingo (later the Dominican Republic) |
| Died |
September 11, 1850 (aged 78) Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Nationality | Spanish (until 1821), Dominican and Venezuelan (1821–1850) |
| Spouse(s) | Juana de Mata Madrigal Cordero |
| Children | Pedro, José, Francisco de Asis, Gregorio, and Maria de la Merced. |
| Residence | Santo Domingo, Venezuela, Mexico |
| Profession | Politician and writer |
José Núñez de Cáceres y Albor (Santo Domingo, March 14, 1772 – Ciudad Victoria, September 11, 1846) was a Dominican politician and writer. He is better known for being the leader of the independence movement against Spain in 1821 and the only President of the short-lived Republic of Spanish Haiti, which lasted only from December 1, 1821 to February 9, 1822. This period is also known as the Ephemeral independence because it quickly ended two months later with the Unification of Hispaniola under the Haitian government. Shortly before these events, while Spain exercised a perfunctory rule over the east side of Hispaniola, Núñez de Cáceres pioneered the use of literature as a weapon for social protest and anti-colonial politics. He was also the first Dominican and criollofabulist, and one of the first criollo storytellers in Spanish America. Many of his works appeared in his own satirical newspaper, El Duende, the second newspaper created in Santo Domingo.
José Núñez de Cáceres Albor was born on March 14, 1772 (or 1779), in Santo Domingo. He was the son of 2ndLt. Francisco Núñez de Cáceres and María Albor. His mother died a few days after his birth. He was raised by his aunt María Núñez de Cáceres. Since his childhood, Núñez de Cáceres showed great love for his education but his father was a farmer and wanted his son to dedicate himself to also working the field. Núñez de Cáceres was raised in a very poor family. He had to study using the books of his classmates because he did not have all the books he needed. He earned some money helping his aunt sell the doves that an acquaintance hunted. Despite early obstacles, at age 23, in 1795, Nuñez de Cáceres got the Civil Law degree, he formed a distinguished clientele, and he became a professor at the University of Santo Tomás de Aquino.
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