Juan Francisco de León and a large crowd reached Caracas’s Plaza Mayor and asked the city council to judge whether the Guipuzcoan Company had benefited or harmed the royal treasury. Their demands...
At De León’s request, the Caracas council held an open meeting attended by 97 people and unanimously signed a critique of the company. The council blamed it for shortages and high prices of Spanish...
Juan Francisco de León surrendered to Spanish authorities and gave testimony in the Caracas city council chamber. The surrender followed the 1749–1752 movement against the Guipuzcoan Company and its...
