📅 10 Mei 1795
At the Macanillas estate in Curimagua, enslaved and free Afro-descendant and Indigenous people rose against colonial rule. The insurgents called for abolition of slavery, an end to alcabala...
📅 12 Mei 1795
After new outbreaks of violence on 12 May, colonial authorities intensified repression. The Coro revolt was defeated, but its demands for freedom, abolition of slavery, and the removal of burdensome...
📅 10 Desèmber 1796
The Real Audiencia of Caracas sentenced Chirino after the suppression of the 1795 revolt. The case criminalized an anti-slavery rebellion that had challenged colonial rule, racial hierarchy, and...
📅 10 Mei 2005
The National Assembly unanimously designated 10 May as Día Nacional de la Afrovenezolanidad. The resolution called for public commemoration of José Leonardo Chirino’s 1795 uprising and urged education...
