aug 28, 1713 - The "Asiento de negros" contract

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Queen Anne is remembered for the union of England and Scotland in 1707, which formed the United Kingdom of Great Britain. She also dramatically expanded the nation’s slave-trading activities by securing from Spain in 1713 the Asiento de negros, a monopoly right to supply enslaved African people to Spain’s colonies in South America. This contract was fulfilled by the South Sea Company.

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