Juan Alejandro Acosta
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c. 1813
Dominican RepublicAdmiral Juan Alejandro Acosta | |
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| Born | Juan Alejandro Acosta Bustamante c. 1813 |
| Died | April 2, 1886 (aged 72–73) |
| Buried | |
| Allegiance | Dominican Republic |
| Branch | Dominican Navy Dominican Army |
| Service years | 1844–1856 |
| Rank |  Admiral |
| Conflicts | |
Juan Alejandro Acosta Bustamante (1813 – April 2, 1886) was born in Baní into a locally prominent family. At the age of sixteen, Acosta became a good friend of Juan Pablo Duarte. Acosta became a member of the secret patriotic society, La Trinitaria (The Trinity). He commanded the brigantine Leonor, the first ship to fly the Dominican flag. Acosta commanded various Dominican warships during the Dominican War of Independence. He opposed annexation of the Dominican Republic to another nation and was expelled from the Dominican Republic by Buenaventura Báez. He died in poverty.[1]
He was born in Baní, Dominican Republic in 1813, during the España Boba era. He is the son of Francisco Acosta and María Baltasara de los Reyes. Committed to the activities of the Triniatrios, he signed the Dominican Act of Independence (1844).
Participation in the Dominican Navy
At the time of the Haitian capitulation, on February 28, 1844, he had to allay fears that worried the residents of Monte Grande about the abolition of slavery in the process that had begun. He was founder of the Dominican Navy along with Juan Bautista Cambiaso. In March, he piloted the schooner La Leonor, which interrupted Juan Pablo Duarte's exile in Curaçao; That was the first time he waved the Dominican flag on foreign beaches. When President Jean-Louis Pierrot decreed a patent of marque against the Navy, it was able to survive due to the expertise of its founders.
