Slavery ended in the colony of Santo Domingo, modern day Dominican Republic in 1822 with the arrival of Jean Pierre Boyer from Saint Domingue (Modern day Haiti). Before the time period of 1822 many of our ancestors are listed as the following. There are of course obstacle to this which is for one tracing back your genealogy before 1822 may be tricky in some places (like Santiago whose records where destroyed by the Spanish in the 1860s, so nothing pre-1860). Important Definitions: Enslaved , usually listed as Esclavo or Esclava, or as Negro/Negra, or in combination of both i.e Negra Esclava or just Negra. Sometimes these ancestors can be listed as Moren@ Esclav@ by some priests/scribes who don't use the word negro at all, however when both Negr@ and Moren@ are present the first is used to refer to enslaved peoples. Sometimes for enslaved mixed people they are listed as Mulat@ or Pard@ esclav@. I.E "Venta de una negra esclava llamada Juana, de nación angola...
Analyzing and understanding the roots of Dominican/Quisqueyan/Haitian peoples via genealogy and genetics.