| 14 July 1821 |
Venezuela
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History slavery Venezuela
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Bolívar asks Congress to make children of enslaved mothers free at birth
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| 11 January 1820 |
Venezuela
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History slavery Venezuela
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Congress of Angostura decrees gradual emancipation
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| 15 February 1819 |
Venezuela
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History slavery Venezuela
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Bolívar calls for abolition at the Congress of Angostura
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| 14 March 1818 |
Venezuela
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History slavery Venezuela
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Bolívar calls on the Tuy’s formerly enslaved men to defend their freedom
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| 6 July 1816 |
Venezuela
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History slavery Venezuela
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Bolívar restates emancipation in the Ocumare proclamation
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| 2 June 1816 |
Venezuela
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History slavery Venezuela
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Bolívar’s Carúpano decree ties freedom to military service
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| 24 June 1812 |
Venezuela
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History slavery Venezuela
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Barlovento uprising rejects conscription and asserts freedom
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| 21 June 1812 |
Venezuela
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History slavery Venezuela
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Caracas legislature orders conscription of one thousand enslaved men
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| 19 June 1812 |
Venezuela
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History slavery Venezuela
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Miranda’s martial law mobilizes free men but excludes enslaved men
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| 21 December 1811 |
Venezuela
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History slavery Venezuela
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First Venezuelan Constitution abolishes the transatlantic slave trade
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| 5 July 1811 |
Venezuela
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History slavery Venezuela
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Venezuela declares independence without ending slavery
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| 14 August 1810 |
Venezuela
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History slavery Venezuela
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Caracas Junta prohibits international slave trading
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| 19 April 1810 |
Venezuela
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History slavery Venezuela
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Caracas forms a new government while slavery remains intact
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| 16 December 1807 |
Venezuela
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History slavery Venezuela
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Authorities capture a canoe carrying 13 fugitive enslaved people
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| 3 August 1806 |
Venezuela
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History slavery Venezuela
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Miranda’s expedition lands at La Vela de Coro
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