Rosa Duarte, who was present during the exchange between her father and Sánchez, writes:[5] The sorrowful old man did not distrust, He had spent the day with his afflicted family in the greatest tribulation, feeling the bitter persecution that was being done to his most beloved son; and at that time he had not found a safe place to hide him.

Sánchez answered: “in the Plaza del Carmen, in front of my house.”On November 25, 1843, some few months after Juan Pablo’s exile, the elder Duarte suddenly passed away at the age of 68.

His body received a Christian burial in the vault of the Rosario chapel of the parish church of Santa Bárbara, in the city of Santo Domingo.

Historian José Gabriel García, a future veteran of the Independence and Restoration wars, described Juan José Duarte with the following: A man of upright conscience and pure feelings, he did not want to associate his name with a reprehensible act, and by acting with such nobility and nobility, he anticipated the heir of his virtues the glory of later sacrificing his future to give his fellow citizens a homeland.

And he does not deserve tribute for the simple fact of having procreated Juan Pablo Duarte: the history of his life is also that of an ardent revolutionary, patriot and martyr for Independence.