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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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 Spanish monarchy
surface form: Monarchy of Spain

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

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
surface form: War of Jenkins’ Ear

deterioration of Anglo-Spanish relations

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asiento de negros contract hasAlternativeName Asiento granted to Britain