 Republic of Negros

The Republic of Negros (; ; ) was a short-lived cantonal revolutionary republic in the eponymous Visayan island, and later, an administrative division, which existed while the Philippines was under Spanish and American sovereignty.From November 3–6, 1898, the Negrenses rose in revolt against the Imperial Spanish authorities headed by the politico-military governor, colonel Isidro de Castro.The Spaniards decided to surrender upon seeing armed troops marching in a pincer movement towards Bacolod, the main city of the island.