On 10 March 1854 President José Gregorio Monagas addressed Congress during debate over abolition. He urged passage of a just law while insisting that abolition not violate slaveholders’ property claims. The proposal helped accelerate abolition, but framed emancipation together with compensation to owners—an important limit on the transfer of wealth or land to the people whose labor had created it.
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What position did Monagas take in his 10 March 1854 address?
Monagas asked Congress to postpone abolition in his 10 March 1854 address.
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He urged passage of an abolition law, while supporting compensation.