A royal decree dated 27 October 1535 instructed officials to investigate illegal enslavement in the province of Venezuela, which the Crown viewed as a center of illicit Indigenous slavery. The measure shows that Indigenous people were already being captured and sold despite legal restrictions. An order to investigate documents official concern, but it is not proof that the practice ended or that affected people were freed.
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What was the purpose of the 27 October 1535 royal decree?
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The decree ordered an inquiry into illicit Indigenous enslavement; it did not itself prove the practice ended.
The 1535 inquiry proves that Indigenous enslavement immediately ended in Venezuela.
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The decree ordered an investigation; evidence of an inquiry is not evidence that enslavement ended.