British Trade with Spanish America Under the Asiento 1713-1740
In 1713 England acquired the asiento contract to supply Spain's American colonies with 4,800 slaves annually and assigned the privilege to the South Sea Company. In compensation for expected losses in the slave trade, the Company was permitted to carry on an extensive trade in merchandise which...
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University College London (University of London)
1975
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