EVENT INFORMATION

27
Òktober
1535

Crown orders an inquiry into Indigenous enslavement in Venezuela

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📅 27 Òktober 1535 📍 Venezuela

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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Personanan den e suseso aki

Isabella of Portugal

governor and royal officials of Venezuela and Hispaniola

Organisashonnan den e Evento aki

Spanish Crown

colonial government of Venezuela

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