Simón de Bolívar

Provincial councils instruct Simón de Bolívar to seek 3,000 enslaved Africans

📅 24 March 1590

Representatives of the province’s cabildos instructed procurator Simón de Bolívar to present 27 petitions to the Council of the Indies. These included a request to import 3,000 enslaved people from...

A royal cédula sends Simón de Bolívar’s petition to the governor of Venezuela

📅 23 November 1592

The Archivo General de Indias catalog identifies a royal cédula dated 23 November 1592 addressed to Governor Diego de Osorio, in connection with a petition made by Simón de Bolívar. The archival...