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The Mirabal Sisters In The Dominican Republic

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In the Dominican Republic between the 1930s and 1960s, there was a family of sisters who was determined to make a change for the people of their country. Trujillo was an unruly, brutal, vicious dictator who ruled with an iron fist. Under his rule, anyone who would step out of line would be killed. This would include spreading word about how he ran his country. Trujillo made sure he knew what everyone was doing by deploying spies near most homes and businesses. The Mirabal sisters wanted freedom, not just for themselves, but for everyone. Minerva was just a young lady who was born on a farm with her sisters Patria, Dede, and Maria Teresa then one day Minerva asked her father to allow her and two of her sisters to go with her then one day

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