EVENT INFORMATION

24
Mart
1747

Joseph Francisco Caviedes petitions to buy his freedom with saved wages

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📅 24 Mart 1747 📍 Venezuela

Caviedes, a pardo man enslaved by Joseph de Caviedes, said he saved half his assessed value through wages earned in rest time; his father supplied the other half. His master demanded 500 pesos. The partial transcript documents a freedom claim, not its outcome.

Inisiá sesion pa gusta òf marká e relato aki.
🔖 Marká

Personanan den e suseso aki

Joseph Francisco Caviedes

Joseph de Caviedes

Simón de la Torre

Organisashonnan den e Evento aki

Academia Nacional de la Historia de Venezuela

Colonial court