 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Heureaux, anozivikanwa norudo saLilís, akaberekerwa muPuerto Plata. Baba vake vakanga vari José DAssás Heureaux Fortune, uyo akaberekerwa muHaiti mwanakomana wechiFrench uye muranda akaberekerwa muAfrica. Nepo amai vake Josefa Leibert vakaberekerwa paSaint Thomas. Vabereki vake vose vari vaviri vaiva mulatto ane ganda rakasviba. Nemhaka yemagariro ake, aikwanisa kutaura chiFrench neChirungu kuwedzera kuSpanish. Pashure pokubatanidzwa kweDominican Republic neSpain muna 1861 akabatana nokupandukira kuti adzorere rusununguko, achiva mutevedzeri mukuru waGen. Gregorio Luperón. Munguva yakatevera kudzorerwa kwerusununguko, apo shanduko dzaiitika gore negore, Heureaux akabuda somumwe wevatungamiriri vakuru vePartido Azul. Muna 1876, akaronga kumukira kwakatora Puerto Plata uye kwakatungamirira kusarudzwa kwaUlises Espaillat. Apo caudillo inotungamirira rudzi rwacho Buenaventura Báez, akadzokera musimba nokuda kwetemu yake yechishanu ndokuwa pashure pegore risingasviki rimwe, akabetsera kupidigura hurumende mbiri dzakatevera. 