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Virgins of Galindo

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The phrase Virgins of Galindo refers to three sisters (aged 7–16) who were slaughtered, and then raped and dismembered by Haitian soldiers just after the assassination of their father, at the Galindo Manor, located outside the city walls of Santo Domingo, several weeks after the annexation of Santo Domingo by Haiti in 1822.

Family members

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The Andújar family was of Canarian descent, and native to Hincha in the Spanish colony of Santo Domingo. After the Haitian invasions of 1801 and 1805 they settled on the outskirts of Santo Domingo.[1]

Mother: María Manuela de Lara Pérez (deceased prior 1822)
  • "Virgins":
  1. Ana María Clemente Andújar de Lara
  2. Marcela Andújar de Lara
  3. Águeda Andújar de Lara

References to the slaughter in Dominican literature

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References

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  1. ^ Guerra Sánchez, Antonio José Ignacio (17 March 2007). "Toponimia y Genealogía: Galindo o Barrio de Mejoramiento Social (11 de 15)". Cápsulas Genealógicas en Areíto (in Spanish). Instituto Dominicano de Genealogía. Retrieved 15 December 2014.