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After settling in the island of Haiti (also indigenously referred to as Quisqueya or Bohio) in 1492, the Spaniards exploited the islandโs gold mines and reduced the Taiฬno (indigenous inhabitants) to slavery. Christopher Columbus renamed the island Espanฬola (Hispaniola) meaning โlittle Spainโ. โฃโฃโฃ
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As the indigenous population was dying of abuse and disease, African slaves were brought in; the first 15,000 Africans arrived in 1517. The Spanish settled on the eastern part of the island but focused on their more prosperous colonies in other parts of the Americas. This led, in the early 1660s, to an incursion into the western part of the island by the French who then named it ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ญ-๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐. โฃโฃ
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The French encountered many forms of slave resistance during the 17th and 18th centuries. Enslaved Africans who fled to remote mountainous areas were called marron (French) or mawon (Haitian Creole), meaning 'escaped slave'. The maroons formed close-knit communities that practised small-scale agriculture and hunting. They were known to return to plantations to free family members and friends. On a few occasions, they also joined the Taiฬno settlements, who had escaped the Spanish in the 17th century.โฃโฃโฃ
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๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ค๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ก. ๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ง๐๐ฆ๐๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐๐ก ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐๐ค๐๐ง ๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐.
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Anacaona was born in Yaguana (today the town of Leฬogane, Haiti) in 1474. โฃ
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Anacaona (from Taiฬno anacaona, meaning โgolden flowerโ; from ana, meaning โflowerโ, and caona, meaning โgold, goldenโ) was a Taiฬno cacica (chief), born into a family of chiefs, and sister of Bohechiฬo, chief of Xaragua. Her husband was Caonabo, chief of the nearby territory of Maguana. Her brother and her husband were two of the five highest caciques who ruled the island of Ayiti (now called Hispaniola) when the Spaniards settled there in 1492. She was celebrated as a composer of ballads and narrative poems, called areiฬtos.โฃ
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She became chief of Xaragua after her brotherโs death. Her husband Caonabo, suspected of having organized the attack on La Navidad (a Spanish settlement on north-western Hispaniola), was captured by Alonso de Ojeda and shipped to Spain, dying in a shipwreck during the journey โ as many other Taino leaders died on Spanish ships away from their native lands.โฃ
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During a feast organized by 84 regional chieftains to honor her, the Spanish Governor Nicolaฬs de Ovando ordered the meeting house to be set on fire to burn them alive. Cacica Anacaona and her Taiฬno noblemen were arrested โ all accused of conspiracy for resisting occupation and executed.โฃ
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Prior to her ex*****on, Anacaona was offered clemency if she would give herself as concubine to one of the Spaniards which was common in the era. ๐๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ซ (๐๐๐๐ข๐๐) ๐๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐๐ง๐๐ฆ๐ฒ, ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐. Anacaona remained rebellious and independent until her violent public death.โฃ
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