Proyecto de Incorporación de Santo Domingo a Norte América: Apuntes y Documentos

Rodríguez Demorizi, Emilio, Proyecto de incorporación de Santo Domingo a Norte América: apuntes y documentos, Santo Domingo: Editora Montalvo, 1964.(This book was a gift to Dr. Mathews from Frank Hernandez in 1966)

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From Annexation of Santo Domingo:

The Annexation of Santo Domingo was an attempted treaty during the later Reconstruction Era, initiated by United States President Ulysses S. Grant in 1869, to annex "Santo Domingo" (as the Dominican Republic was commonly known) as a United States territory, with the promise of eventual statehood. President Grant feared some European power would take the island in violation of the Monroe Doctrine. He privately thought annexation would be a safety valve for African Americans who were suffering persecution in the US, but he did not include this in his official messages. Grant speculated that the acquisition of Santo Domingo would help bring about the end of slavery in Cuba and elsewhere. Militarily he wanted a US naval port in the Dominican Republic which would also serve as protection for a projected canal across Nicaragua.