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19
Yüni
1812

Miranda’s martial law mobilizes free men but excludes enslaved men

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📅 19 Yüni 1812 📍 Venezuela

Francisco de Miranda’s martial law, issued at La Victoria, called free men aged fifteen to fifty-five to take up arms. The rule excluded enslaved men while applying to free Black and mixed-race men. Two days later, the Caracas legislature adopted a separate conscription plan for enslaved people. The contrast shows how republican authorities drew racial and legal lines around military citizenship as the independence crisis deepened.

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Francisco de Miranda

free men of Caracas province

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First Republic of Venezuela

Caracas legislature