A Caribbean Affair

The Liberalisation of the Slave Trade in the Spanish Caribbean, 1784-1791

Dados Bibliográficos

ID13072402
AutoresJosé Luis Belmonte Postigo (0000-0002-9061-4625, Universidad de Sevilla, autor correspondente)
Ano2019
Volume8
Fascículo1
Páginase014-e014
Data de publicação2019-06-30
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCulture & History Digital Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2253-797X • E-ISSN: 2253-797X
EditoraSpanish National Research Council (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3989/chdj.2019.014
OpenAlexW2958142692
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas19

The liberalisation of the slave trade in the Spanish Caribbean ended with a series of political measures which aimed to revitalise the practice of slavery in the region. After granting a series of monopoly contracts (asientos) to merchant houses based in other western European nations to supply slaves to Spanish America, the Spanish monarchy decided to liberalise import mechanisms. These reforms turned Cuba, especially Havana, into the most important slave trade hub within the Spanish Caribbean. Havana was connected with both Atlantic and inter-colonial trade networks, while other authorised ports imported slaves from other Caribbean territories; Spanish, British, Dutch, Danish and American traders all participated in this trade, and slave trafficking became the most profitable form of commerce in the region during this period

Atlantic slave trade · Caribbean region · Colonialism · Economic history · Economics · Economy · Free trade · International trade · Latin Americans · Liberalization · Market economy · Monarchy · Monopoly · Political science · Politics · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Cuban History and Society · History · Law