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  2. Freedom of wombs - Wikipedia

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    In Argentina, the Law of Wombs was passed on February 2, 1813 by the Assembly of Year XIII. The law stated that those born to slave mothers after January 31, 1813 would be granted freedom when contracting matrimony, or on their 16th birthday for women and 20th for men. Upon manumission, they were to be given land and tools to work it. [2]

  3. Moret Law - Wikipedia

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    The law granted freedom to children born to enslaved mothers after September 18, 1868, a date chosen to honor of the liberal revolution that swept Spain in 1869. [4] The Moret Law was made to not only grant a free womb for enslaved women, but it was also made to ensure that children were not separated from their mothers if they were under 14 ...

  4. Gradual emancipation (United States) - Wikipedia

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    Starting in the early 19th century, the concept of gradual abolition spread from the US to Latin America, where it became known as Freedom of wombs. Abraham Lincoln proposed an amendment to the Constitution for gradual emancipation in 1861 and 1862, culminating with the Second Message to Congress in December 1862. However, he realized that ...

  5. Assembly of the Year XIII - Wikipedia

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    The freedom of wombs law (Libertad de vientres), which ultimately put an end to slavery, was passed, dictating that children born from slaves since the passing of the law were automatically free citizens. [1] All titles of nobility (from the colonial period) were voided and suppressed. [1] The creation of the national currency was ordered.

  6. Free birth - Wikipedia

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    Freedom of wombs, laws automatically freeing children of slaves at birth Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Free birth .

  7. Partus sequitur ventrem - Wikipedia

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    As a direct result of freedom suits such as those filed by Elizabeth, the Virginian House of Burgesses passed the legal doctrine of partus sequitur ventrem, noting that "doubts have arisen whether children got by an Englishmen upon a negro woman should be slave or free". [11]

  8. Rio Branco Law - Wikipedia

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    The law did not define the exact legal status of enslaved women's wombs; this was negotiated by enslaved people afterwards, with women at the forefront. [1] The law was the beginning of an abolition movement in Brazil, but it turned out to be more of a legal loophole than a radical measure that led to viable progress. Only a few people were ...

  9. Timeline of abolition of slavery and serfdom - Wikipedia

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    Royal edict ruling the freedom of children born from female slaves and the total abolition of slavery after 12 years. Dissatisfaction causes a slave rebellion in Saint Croix the next year. 1848: Hungary: The April laws completely abolished serfdom in Hungary (excluding Transylvania) and Croatia. Austria: Serfdom abolished. [126] [127] [128] France