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14
Yüli
1821

Bolívar asks Congress to make children of enslaved mothers free at birth

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📅 14 Yüli 1821 📍 Venezuela

Writing from Valencia after Carabobo, Bolívar asked the Congress of Colombia to make children born to enslaved mothers free from birth. He argued that children belonged to their parents and to God, not to owners. The request went beyond the gradual measures under discussion; the law adopted a conditional free-womb regime instead.

Inisiá sesion pa gusta òf marká e relato aki.
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Simón Bolívar

children of enslaved women

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Congress of Colombia

Gran Colombia