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The practice of slavery in present-day Colombia dates back to the pre-Spanish era and persisted until its definitive abolition in 1851. This practice involved the human trafficking of indigenous individuals, initially among indigenous groups such as the Chibchas , the Muzos , or the Panches [ 1 ] , and later by European traders, particularly ...
Abolition of slave trade and implementation of a plan to gradually end slavery. [63] Gran Colombia: Emancipation for sons and daughters born to slave mothers, program for compensated emancipation set. [106] 1822: Haiti: Jean Pierre Boyer annexes Spanish Haiti and abolishes slavery there. Liberia
Afro-Colombian Day, [1] or Día de la Afrocolombianidad is an annual commemoration of the abolition of slavery in Colombia on May 21, 1851. May 21 is also the day of the first established free town in the Americas, Palenque de San Basilio. Afro-Colombian Day was first celebrated in 2001. [2]
The Colombian Civil War of 1851 was a Civil War in the Republic of New Granada (present-day Colombia) between Liberals and Conservatives, fought between May and September 1851. The cause for the war was the Abolition of Slavery. The war was won by the Liberals.
After the revolution, (modern day Colombia and Venezuela) created "The Law of July 21 on Free Womb, Manumission, and Abolition of the Slave trade" in the Cúcuta Congress. [10] This led to the creation of a Free Womb trade that existed until emancipation in 1852.
Slavery in Latin America was an economic and social institution that existed in Latin America before the colonial era until its legal abolition in the newly independent states during the 19th century. [1]
Dec. 6, 1865: National ratification of 13th Amendment, which ends slavery in the United States. The amendment is ratified by 27 of the existing 36 states. The amendment is ratified by 27 of the ...
Cartagena is a sea port on the coast of modern-day Colombia. It was 1 of 3 ports that the Spanish crown allowed slave ships to travel to as of the year 1615. Of these 3 ports Cartagena was the most easy to access without illness. The lack of ports where slave ships were allowed to land, led to an increase in privateering around the port of ...