Manuel Rodríguez Objío

Brigadier General Manuel Nemesio Rodríguez Objío (December 19, 1838 – April 18, 1871) was a Dominican poet and activist. A martyr of the Six Years' War, he was one of the early contributors to Dominican literature.

He participated in the Dominican War of Independence, in the revolution of 1857 and in the Dominican Restoration War. He founded the newspaper “La Voz del Cibao” in Santiago. He published several poems in the Sociedad Amigos del País Magazine. He was shot by order of Buenaventura Báez during the Six Years' War period, in the Ozama Fortress in Santo Domingo, on April 18, 1871. Provided by Wikipedia