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Gabino Puello de Castro (1816 – December 23, 1847) was a Dominican revolutionary who was a prominent leader in the Dominican War of Independence. He was one of the signers of the Manifesto of January 16, 1844.[1] After some hostilities with certain conservative politicians, he was accused of taking part of a conspiracy against General Pedro Santana, who subjected Him, as well as his brother, José Joaquín Puello, to persecution and subsequent death in 1847.

Life

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He was born in Puerto Rico around the year 1816, son of Martín Joaquín Puello and María Merced de Castro, both Dominicans who were free blacks. Due to unknown circumstances, the family returned to the island, where he was raised and educated in Santo Domingo, along with his parents and other siblings. From a very young age he learned music.[2]

During the years of the Haitian occupation, he enlisted in the Haitian Army and gradually rose the ranks. In 1833, he was promoted to Sergeant, and in 1839, he was sergeant major of the 31st Regiment. (By 1845, he was a colonel in the Dominican Army and later reached the rank of General due to his accumulated merits.

Together with his brothers, José Joaquín and Eusebio they became interested in the separatist movement led by Juan Pablo Duarte, who had founded the secret society La Trinitaria in 1838.

The said movement was integrated politically and socially. The addition of the Puello brothers upheld the liberal principles of the Trinitarios. Most of its members, with the exception of Francisco del Rosario Sánchez, consisted of middle class white men. Their recruitment strengthened its power, solidating the racial unity of whites, blacks, and mulattoes into the independence struggle from Haiti. Gabino Puello was entrusted to travel to the South in order to publicize the Act of Independence, of January 16, 1844. He took advantage of the time in between his musical gigs to carry out his revolutionary activities. Later, he had a leading participation in the first and second Campaigns during the Dominican War of Independence.[2]

He was Commander of Arms of Samaná for some time, while in those functions he was accused along with his brother José Joaquín Puello of complicity in the revolutionary attempt. Unfortunately, both of them were tried and sentenced to death by the conservative politician José María Caminero. On December 23, 1847, both brothers, along with some other relatives, were executed in the city of Santo Domingo on the orders of President Pedro Santana.[2][3][4]

In 1916, his remains were exhumed and finally exalted in the National Pantheon[5], where he is buried alongside many heroes responsible for the establishment of the Dominican Republic.

Personal life

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He left behind 4 children with several different women: with Salomé Eraso he had daughters Agustina and Amelia; with Juana Rivera he had son named Félix; and with Ana Ortega he had daughter named Francisca.[6]

See also

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Bibliography

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  • Garrido, Víctor (1974). Los Puello (PDF) (in Spanish) (ii ed.). Santo Domingo: Secretaría de Estado de Educación, Bellas Artes y Cultos.

References

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  1. ^ "Personajes exaltados al Panteón Nacional: Gabino Puello y de Castro (59)". Acento (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-18.
  2. ^ a b c Martínez, Rufino (1997). Diccionario biográfico-histórico dominicano, (1821-1930) (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Editora de la Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo. p. 410.
  3. ^ Myers, Aaron (2005). "Puello, José Joaquín". Oxford African American Studies Center. doi:10.1093/acref/9780195301731.013.43026. ISBN 978-0-19-530173-1. Retrieved 2024-09-18.
  4. ^ domingo, G. Soluciones-Desarrollo web en santo (2021-08-09). "Pedro Santana y la llamada Conspiración de los Puello | AlMomento.net - Noticias de República Dominicana al instante!" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-18.
  5. ^ "José Joaquín y Gabino Puello A LA Capilla de los Inmortales en 1943". Acento (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-18.
  6. ^ "Family tree of Gabino Alvaro PUELLO CASTRO". Geneanet. Retrieved 2024-09-18.