EVENT INFORMATION

24
September
1852

Government asks governors for registers of enslaved people

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๐Ÿ“… 24 September 1852 ๐Ÿ“ Venezuela

On 24 September 1852 the Interior ministry requested registers of enslaved people from named governors. The census order made the remaining enslaved population legible to the state as the government and provincial boards debated funding and gradual manumission. Such records could support liberation claims, but also documented people for administration and valuation.

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Personen in deze gebeurtenis

enslaved people

provincial governors

Organisaties in dit Evenement

Venezuelan Interior ministry

provincial governments