President José Gregorio Monagas signed the law, which stated that slavery was abolished forever in Venezuela and freed manumisos from compulsory service. It also barred the importation of enslaved people and provided compensation to former enslavers, paid from public revenues and designated taxes. About 23,378 people were counted as freed. Legal emancipation was decisive, though many continued working for former enslavers or entered agricultural peonage.
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