Mixed Dominicans or Moreno Dominicans, also referred to as mulatto, mestizo or historically zambo, are Dominicans who are of mixed ancestry, these stand out for having brown skin. Representing 71.72%
Mixed-race Dominicans, students with historic 1844 flag.
Dominican Republic national pantheon in Santo Domingo.
Gregorio Luperón, hero of the Dominican Restoration War, was of mulatto ancestry.
Timeline of the Dominican Republic's genetic make-up since 500 years ago showing the impact of migrations. The founder Dominican population was mostly European in origin with some Native Taíno element, but was modified by subsequent African inflows. European DNA Native American DNA Sub-Saharan African DNA
The Dominican Republic is an island country on the eastern part of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean Sea in the North Atlantic Ocean. It shares a maritime bor
Mixed-race Dominicans
…who are of mixed ancestry (mainly white and black, to a lesser extent native), these stand out for having brown skin. Representing 71.72% of the Dominican Republic's population, they are by far the single largest racial grouping of the country. Mixed Dominicans are the descendants from the racial integration between…
Catedral Santa María La Menor is the oldest cathedral built in the Americas.
In 1838, Juan Pablo Duarte and others established a secret patriotic society called La Trinitaria, which helped undermine Haitian occupation.
Monument built by Dominicans in 1944, commemorating the participants of the War of Restoration
The flag of the United States waving over Ozama Fortress during the U.S. occupation of the Dominican Republic, c. 1922