Institution

First National Congress of Chile

1811 · 19th century

The First National Congress of Chile met in Santiago from July to December 1811, convened by the governing junta that had taken power in September 1810. The first representative assembly in Chilean history, it passed measures such as the freedom of wombs, which freed children born to enslaved mothers. José Miguel Carrera dissolved it by force in December 1811.

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Patria Vieja

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