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Afro-Uruguayan soldiers and communities

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Afro-Uruguayan soldiers and communities

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Uruguay abolishes slavery during civil war

📅 12 December 1842

A decree abolished slavery as the country faced civil conflict. Afro-Uruguayans had long resisted bondage and served in military forces; emancipation did not remove racial inequality or the economic...