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15
Febrüari
1819

Bolívar calls for abolition at the Congress of Angostura

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📅 15 Febrüari 1819 📍 Venezuela

In his inaugural address to the Congress of Angostura, Bolívar argued for the abolition of slavery and the proscription of privileges. The speech placed emancipation within the design of a new republic, yet legislative action remained gradual and preserved compensation for slaveholders. Enslaved people’s service and political claims helped shape the independence struggle, even as political elites controlled the legal timetable.

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Simón Bolívar

Angostura delegates

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Congress of Angostura

Republic of Venezuela