Santiago Basora

Santiago Basora (fl. 1840s) was a Dominican revolutionary leader in the Dominican War of Independence. Basora, a former slave himself, was determined that the new independent government would uphold its promise that slavery would never return to the Dominican Republic. He a revolt in Monte Grande before being confronted by independence leaders Tomás Bobadilla and Manuel Jimenes, who ensured him that slavery was forever abolished.

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