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Ecuador - Tea Abolición de la Esclavitud (Torch Abolition of Slavery)

The monument pays homage to the decree regarding the abolition of slavery in Ecuador, signed by president José María Urbina in 1851, based on one of its recitals that reads:  “that the few slave men that still exist are in contradiction of the republican institutions that we have conquered and adopted since 1820”.

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It is in the city and its access may be by car or walking.
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Torch Abolition of Slavery. View of the monument in commemoration of the 1st. Centenary of the manumission of the slaves.
Torch Abolition of Slavery. Tarja in commemoration of the 1st. Centenary of the Manumission of the Slaves.

Other data of interest

Ecuador

Historical name

Tea Abolición de la Esclavitud (Torch Abolition of Slavery)

Founding Date

1952

Address

Clemente Ballén y Pichincha. Plaza de la Administración. Guayaquil  

Responsible entity

Municipality

Classification

Cultural landscape

Category

Local monument

Function-Testimony

Access level

Free

Current Use

Commemorative monument

Original use

Commemorative monument

Property kind

Municipal