Abolition President José Hilario López, who spearheaded the abolition of slavery. The processof manumission of slaves occurred to some extent throughout the history of the colony, but the question of abolishing slavery as an institution did not begin to take relevance until the Napoleonic invasion of Spain ; a context in which the need to abolish slavery was raised in the Iberian courts since 1809 in order to prevent "slaves from seeking and even achieving it by violent and coercive means". Antonio Villavicencio was a proponent of freedom of wombs, however his views were not heeded by the Spanish crown. From all this it can be concluded that the abolition of slavery that occurred during the republic was a gradual process. This can be verified when seeing how the percentage of the enslaved population was in constant decline throughout the republican period until the definitive abolition of the institution:
Abolition President José Hilario López, who spearheaded the abolition of slavery. Abolition was a gradual process. Manumission of enslaved individuals occurred throughout the history of the colony, but the abolition of slavery as an institution was not seriously considered until the Napoleonic invasion of Spain , when, beginning in 1809, the question of freedom was raised in the Iberian courts to prevent "slaves from seeking and even achieving it by violent and coercive means". Antonio Villavicencio was a proponent of freedom of wombs, but his views were not heeded by the Spanish crown. The number of enslaved people declined throughout the republican period until the definitive abolition of the institution:
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Abolition was a gradual process. Manumission of enslaved individuals occurred
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From all this it can be concluded that the abolition of slavery that occurred during the republic was a gradual process. This can be verified when seeing how the percentage of the enslaved population was in constant decline
The number of enslaved people declined