Moret Law
Form of freedom of wombs implemented by Spain in Cuba and Puerto Rico / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Moret Law was a form of freedom of wombs, which was implemented by Spain in Cuba and Puerto Rico, and named after Segismundo Moret who was Spain's Minister of Overseas Territories at the time. This law implemented the abolition of slavery incrementally in Spain's Caribbean colonies.[1] It drew from older Later American manumission traditions such as the way favorite slaves have been previously liberated under certain conditions.[2]