📅 20 November 1542
The New Laws sought to curb abuses against Indigenous peoples and restrict hereditary encomiendas, while also addressing Indigenous enslavement. Colonial elites resisted and enforcement was uneven....
📅 27 March 1528
The Spanish Crown approved a capitulation with Welser agents concerning the governance, conquest, and settlement of Venezuela. The agreement framed colonization as an armed commercial enterprise and...
📅 20 November 1542
The New Laws issued at Barcelona prohibited the enslavement of Indigenous people across Spain’s American possessions and required authorities to address abuse. The text also specifically directed...
