Tirso Salaverría and a small group of federalists seized the Coro barracks, took weapons, and proclaimed the Federation, beginning the conflict known as the Federal War. Later Venezuelan reference works date the uprising to 20 February. The war involved broad social grievances and popular participation, but its leaders and program cannot be reduced to an anti-slavery movement; the record should not treat Afro-descendant people as a single political bloc. The following week, a federal government program separately prohibited slavery.
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What event began the Federal War on 20 February 1859?
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