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pearl-fishery operators in Margarita

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pearl-fishery operators in Margarita

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Royal decree excludes Indigenous people from pearl fishing and reserves the work for Africans

📅 25 June 1558

A royal decree of 25 June 1558 prohibited the future use of Indigenous people in pearl fishing and specified that Africans could be used for the work. In practice, the measure shifted the burden of...