Head of State commemorates 204 years since the abolition of slavery (+Angostura)
Photo: X @NicolasMaduro
Published at: 11/01/2024 03:03 PM
The President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela,
Nicolás Maduro, commemorated this Thursday 204 years since the abolition of
slavery decreed by the Congress of Angostura throughout the country, at the request of the Liberator Simon Bolivar.
“204 years ago, the Angostura Congress accepted the
request of the Liberator Simon Bolivar, who called for the abolition of
slavery in Venezuelan territory, breaking at that time with that aberrant
practice of the Spanish colony that had no place in the flourishing
union of free nations,” said the head of state through his account on the social network X.
On January 11, 1820, the Congress of Angostura decreed the absolute
freedom of the slaves who populated the lands of Venezuela and
New Granada, who had united to constitute Gran Colombia.
Mazo News Team