Francisca Mesones, an enslaved woman, presented a case to the Audiencia of Caracas concerning her son Simón, a free man, and his marriage to Soledad Ponce, who was enslaved. The court ruled for Simón and acknowledged that children of the marriage would inherit their mother’s enslaved status. Francisca’s sustained appeal shows a mother using costly legal channels to resist the reproduction of bondage, even as the law upheld it.
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What did the Audiencia rule in Francisca Mesones’s 1794 case?
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The court favored Simón but recognized the children’s inherited enslaved status.