Organisashon Históriko
Republic of Venezuela
Republic of Venezuela
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Bolívar’s Carúpano decree ties freedom to military service
📅 2 Yüni 1816Bolívar declared freedom for enslaved people in Río Caribe, Carúpano, and Cariaco, but men aged 14–60 had to enlist within 24 hours. Refusal could return a man and his family to servitude; women,...
Bolívar restates emancipation in the Ocumare proclamation
📅 6 Yüli 1816A month after the Carúpano decree, Bolívar issued a broader proclamation at Ocumare de la Costa promising freedom to enslaved people who joined the republican cause. Like other wartime emancipation...
Bolívar calls for abolition at the Congress of Angostura
📅 15 Febrüari 1819In his inaugural address to the Congress of Angostura, Bolívar argued for the abolition of slavery and the proscription of privileges. The speech placed emancipation within the design of a new...
Congress of Angostura decrees gradual emancipation
📅 11 Yanüari 1820Responding to Bolívar’s appeal, the Congress of Angostura adopted a gradual abolition measure. The measure framed emancipation as a process and accommodated owners’ claims to compensation. The gap...
Venezuela extends “free womb” service to age 21
📅 2 Òktober 1830After Venezuela separated from Gran Colombia, Congress revised the manumission law. Children born to enslaved mothers remained legally free, but the required service to their mothers’ enslavers was...