Asiento granted to Britain

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The "Asiento granted to Britain" refers to the early 18th-century agreement, formalized in the Treaty of Utrecht (1713), that gave Britain the exclusive right to supply enslaved Africans to Spanish America, significantly boosting British involvement in the transatlantic slave trade.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf asiento contract ⓘ
international agreement ⓘ
slave trade monopoly ⓘ
allowedAnnualQuota 4,800 enslaved Africans per year ⓘ
associatedWith War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
economicActivity slave trading ⓘ
smuggling and contraband trade ⓘ
effectOnBritain increase in profits from slave trading ⓘ
strengthening of British naval and commercial presence in the Caribbean ⓘ
effectOnSpain outsourcing of slave supply to a foreign power ⓘ
endDate 1750 ⓘ
exclusiveRight import enslaved Africans into Spanish colonies in the Americas ⓘ
supply enslaved Africans to Spanish America ⓘ
formalizedIn Treaty of Utrecht ⓘ
formalizedInYear 1713 ⓘ
geographicScope Caribbean colonies of Spain ⓘ
Spanish America ⓘ
mainland Spanish American colonies ⓘ
grantedBy Monarchy of Spain ⓘ
linked to: Spanish monarchy

Philip V of Spain ⓘ
grantedTo Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Queen Anne of Great Britain ⓘ
hasPart asiento de negros ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 18th century ⓘ
implementedBy South Sea Company ⓘ
involvedCrimeAgainstHumanity chattel slavery ⓘ
forced transportation of Africans ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalBasis Treaty of Utrecht, Article 10 (Spanish–British treaty) ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Utrecht
legalForm monopoly contract ⓘ
mainBeneficiary South Sea Company ⓘ
negotiatedAt Peace of Utrecht ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Utrecht
partOf Spanish Empire slave trade system ⓘ
Transatlantic slave trade ⓘ
predecessor French asiento of 1701 ⓘ
relatedTo Jenkins’s Ear, War of (1739–1748) ⓘ
linked to: War of Jenkins' Ear

South Sea Bubble ⓘ
replaced French asiento of 1701 ⓘ
resultOf British victory in the War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
significantFor Anglo-Spanish relations in the 18th century ⓘ
British involvement in the Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
expansion of British commercial power in the Americas ⓘ
finances of the South Sea Company ⓘ
growth of British port cities involved in the slave trade ⓘ
startDate 1713 ⓘ
terminationReason War of Jenkins’ Ear ⓘ
linked to: War of Jenkins' Ear

deterioration of Anglo-Spanish relations ⓘ

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asiento de negros contract → hasAlternativeName → Asiento granted to Britain ⓘ