Cover of the English translation of the Asiento contract signed by Britain and Spain in 1713 as part of the Utrecht treaty that ended the War of Spanish Succession. The contract granted …

The liberalisation of the slave trade in Santo Domingo did not meet expectations, and Baker and Dawson’s asiento brought thousands of slaves, mostly from the Bight of Biafra (carabalíes), to …

Regents Cisneros ordered a stop to the importation of slaves into La Española and other territories, possibly as an attempt to prevent the smuggling of slaves before more efficient …

Feb 28, 2008 · After the Napoleonic Wars when Britain began a campaign to end the slave trade, the Spanish were not cooperative. Spain contunued to maintain slavery on Cuba and Puerto …

2 days ago · These asientos provided exclusive rights to transport slaves to Spanish colonies and ensured that the Crown received a portion of the profits. One significant aspect of Spain’s …

After 1545, when Spain signed Asiento agreements authorizing other nations to transport Africans to Spanish colonies, the scale and nature of transatlantic slave trading changed once again.

King Charles I of Spain issued a charter on August 18, 1518, authorizing the direct transportation of enslaved Africans to the Americas. This decision marked a significant shift in the …

However, Emperor Charles V opened the trans-Atlantic slave trade on a massive scale on August 18, 1518 when he granted a charter to Lorenzo de Gorrevod, giving him permission to …

This was the African slave-selling license issued by the Portuguese and Spanish crown, allowing merchants to monopolize a trade route or merchandise. Portugal owned the trading post that …

The Cadiz Slave Company, from Spain, took over the contract in 1767. They agreed to supply over 8,000 slaves per year to the Spanish plantations. The Company was unsuccessful in …