Argentina 1813: The Assembly That Ended Slavery and Created a National Anthem

In 1813, as the wars of independence raged across South America, a small assembly in Buenos Aires made a series of decisions that would define Argentina for centuries. The Asamblea del Año XIII abolished slavery through the Ley de Libertad de Vientres, ordered the minting of the first national currency, and commissioned a march that became the national anthem. But this same assembly, dominated by the secret Lautaro Lodge, also deepened divisions between Buenos Aires and the provinces — tensions that would explode into civil war. We explore how a few dozen delegates in a rented hall shaped the symbols, laws, and fractures of a nation still being born.

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