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Colonel Pablo Alí was a commander of Haitian origin, who had charge of the so-called Battalion 31 or Batallon de Morenos (Dark-skinned Battalion),[1] freed slaves which joined the ranks of the Haitian army. Alí directed the battalion to participate in the Italian rebellion of 1810, during the government of Sánchez Ramírez.[2] He was said to have been "most prominent, achieving great military distinction in Santo Domingo".[3]

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  1. Matibag, Eugenio (16 May 2003). Haitian-Dominican Counterpoint. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-312-29432-8. http://books.google.com/books?id=EswJ7t1B0XgC&pg=PA95. Retrieved 28 August 2012. 
  2. Saint-Domingue espagnol et la révolution nègre d'Haïti. KARTHALA Editions. 1 March 2007. p. 571. ISBN 978-2-8111-4145-5. http://books.google.com/books?id=bDubH-5Ue8UC&pg=PA571. Retrieved 28 August 2012. 
  3. Minority Rights Group (1995). No longer invisible: Afro-Latin Americans today. Minority Rights Publications. p. 113. ISBN 978-1-873194-80-5. http://books.google.com/books?id=qvt8AAAAMAAJ. Retrieved 28 August 2012. 

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