unable to secure a commitment from Simón Bolívar that Gran Colombia would send aid. Haitian President Jean-Pierre Boyer wrote to Núñez de Cáceres expressing the importance that the island be united. So Núñez de Cáceres saw no other option than to place Santo Domingo under Haitian rule. So just nine weeks later on February 9, 1822, Boyer took formal possession of Santo Domingo and occupied the whole island. This was the beginning of a 22-year occupation by Haitian forces.

Governors

1809-1821

Governors and capitanes generals 
1809-1811 Juan Sánchez Ramírez
1811-1813 Manuel Caballero y Masot
1813-1818 Carlos de Urrutia y Matos
1818-1821 Sebastián Kindelán y O’Regan
1821-     Pascual Real

References

 García, José Gabriel, Compendio de la historia de Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo, 1894.
 
 Moya Pons, Frank, Manual de Historia Dominicana, UCMM, SantiagoTHEM OFF. IT ENDED UP HITTING THE BUS. IT WAS A BIG IMPACT. EVERYBODY STARTED FLYING ALL OVER THE PLACE. THEN WHEN THE BUS HIT THE MEDIAN, THAT'S WHEN WE REALLY STARTED TOSSING ALL OVER THE BUS. Reporter: AFTER JUMPING THE MEDIAN PASSENGERS SAY THE BUS CAME TO A STOP IN THE SOUTHBOUND LANES OF TRAFFIC. THANK GOT NOBODY WAS COMING FROM THE NEXT DIRECTION. THAT WOULD BE A DISASTER. Reporter: INSIDE PASSENGERS WERE THROWN AROUND LIKE RAG DOLLS. PEOPLE DID GET HURT, HEAD INJURIES, KNEE INJURIES. A MAN AND LADY SLEEPING IN THE BACK. I'M GLAD NOBODY DIED. Reporter: MIAMI-DADE FIRE RESCUE SAYS THE DRIVER OF THE MONTE CARLO WAS SEVERELY INJURED AND RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL. 13 PEOPLE ON BOARD THE BUS WERE TREATED FOR INJURIES