📅 19 April 1810
Caracas’s cabildo removed Spanish officials and formed a new governing body, beginning the revolutionary process that led to independence. Pardo representation appeared in the municipal act, but the...
📅 14 April 1599
Caracas councilors discussed obtaining 500 enslaved people on credit for sale to local residents. The proposal reveals the cabildo's role in expanding the human trade through local credit; the meeting...
📅 30 July 1603
The Caracas cabildo petitioned the Crown for permission to bring 1,000 enslaved Africans into the province. This is a record of local officials seeking a larger coerced workforce, not evidence that...
📅 20 October 1614
A cabildo order told shopkeepers not to conduct business with enslaved Black and mulatto people. The notice was proclaimed by Juan, a mulatto in a city official's service. It records restrictions on...
📅 27 July 1667
Councilors cited the deaths of enslaved people from disease and the loss of Indigenous labor while proposing that the Crown license 500 or 1,000 more enslaved Africans. The record links epidemic...
