sentences:  Bernardino Rivadavia, also of African descent, was one of the objectors.The Assembly of the Year XIII, called to establish the new independent state of Argentina, passed the law of freedom of wombs, whereby children born to slaves thenceforth were automatically free citizens, but did not free those who were already slaves.Many blacks were part of militias and irregular troops that eventually became part of the Argentine Army, but always in segregated squadrons.