Don Joaquín García y Moreno (1731-?) was a Spanish nobleman and military officer who twice served as governor of the

Captaincy General of Santo Domingo The Captaincy General of Santo Domingo ( ) was the first Captaincy in the New World, established by Spain in 1492 on the island of Hispaniola. The Captaincy, under the jurisdiction of the Real Audiencia of Santo Domingo, was granted administra ...

from 1785 to 1786 and from 1788 to 1801. In 1793, a Spanish force under García had marched into the Northern Province of French-ruled

Saint-Domingue Saint-Domingue () was a French colonization of the Americas, French colony in the western portion of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, in the area of modern-day Haiti, from 1659 to 1803. The name derives from the Spanish main city on the isl ...

. In January 1801,

Toussaint Louverture François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture (, ) also known as Toussaint L'Ouverture or Toussaint Bréda (20 May 1743 – 7 April 1803), was a Haitian general and the most prominent leader of the Haitian Revolution. During his life, Louvertu ...

and his nephew, General Hyacinthe Moïse, invaded the Spanish territory, taking possession of it from Garcia, with few difficulties. The area had been less developed and populated than the French section. Louverture brought it under French law, abolishing slavery and embarking on a program of modernization. He now controlled the entire island. He married Eulalia Jacinta Cadrecha y Amat, and his son Joaquín Esteban García y Cadrecha, also served in the Spanish resistance against Toussaint's forces.

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* {{Haitian Revolution People of the Haitian Revolution Colonial governors of Santo Domingo

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