Spanish asiento contracts and the transatlantic slave trade (1503–1750)

1. Casa de Contratación founded to control Atlantic trade

   Jan 1, 1503Labels: Casa de, Seville

   • Britannica
   • Casa Contrataci n

2. Genoese firm receives first asiento contract

   Jan 1, 1517Labels: Genoese firm, Asiento de

   • Britannica

3. German firm granted asiento to supply 4,000 enslaved people

   Jan 1, 1528Labels: German firm, Asiento contract

   • Britannica

4. Portuguese merchants dominate early seventeenth-century asientos

   Jan 30, 1595Labels: Portuguese merchants, Cartagena de

   • Asiento Negros

5. Asiento period of António Fernandes de Elvas begins

   Sep 27, 1615Labels: Ant nio, Asiento monopolist

   • Elvas
   • Asiento Negros

6. Portuguese asiento era ends with 1640 separation

   Dec 1, 1640Labels: 1640 separation, Portuguese era

   • Asiento Negros

7. French Compagnie de Guinée holds Spanish asiento

   Jan 1, 1701Labels: Compagnie de, Jean-Baptiste du

   • Asiento Negros

8. Treaty of Utrecht grants Britain the South Sea Company asiento

   Jan 1, 1713Labels: South Sea, Treaty of

   • Britannica
   • South Sea

9. War of the Quadruple Alliance disrupts asiento operations

   Jan 1, 1718Labels: War of, Asiento disruptions

   • Quadruple War
   • UCL Thesis

10. War of Jenkins’ Ear begins amid asiento-related disputes

    Jan 1, 1739Labels: War of, British Spanish

    • Britannica
    • UCL Thesis

11. Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ends war and revives negotiations

    Oct 18, 1748Labels: Treaty of, Diplomatic revival

    • Britannica
    • Aix Treaty

12. Treaty of Madrid cancels the British asiento

    Oct 5, 1750Labels: Treaty of, British asiento

    • Madrid Treaty
    • Britannica