Pablo Alí

With Bouckman dead and in view of his critical situation, the other black leaders requested the mediation of the Spanish governor, Joaquín García, to reach a pact that would end the fight in exchange for several concessions.

On October 18, 1795, news was received in neighboring Santo Domingo, that Spain had ceded the eastern part of the island to France under the Treaty of Basel, which ended the war.

The British army occupied San Juan de la Maguana and Neiba, but after several negotiations the English withdrew from the island in April 1798.

Before leaving, Governor García had discovered a plot hatched by the Cuban Juan Antonio Angulo and the Italian Domingo Asserato to hand over the Spanish colony to England, for which purpose they tried to win over Ali and Agustín, two of the most reputable officers in Biassou 's army .

Ali himself informed the king of his state of destitution on August 26, 1798, in the plea he addressed to him to continue paying him the thirty pesos of salary that he received for his status as captain of the auxiliary blacks, a sum that was He had suspended him after the peace with France.

The prosecutor of the Treasury, one of the plotters, informed him of the existence of a Royal Order that denied his application for Spanish citizenship, but assured him that it would promote him in rank and grant the freedom of all slaves if he joined the movement against Spain, an offer that Ali accepted, occupying the fortress with his people and thus allowing Núñez de Cáceres to proclaim independence from Spain on 1 December 1821.

Immediately, Dominican revolutionary Juan Pablo Duarte and the other members of the patriotic society La Trinitaria, which advocated the independence of the former Spanish part, managed to get Alí to join their side and forced Governor Carrié to capitulate.