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标题：A Caribbean Affair: The Liberalisation of the Slave Trade in the Spanish Caribbean, 1784-1791
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作者：José Luis Belmonte Postigo
期刊名称：Culture & History Digital Journal
印刷版ISSN：2253-797X
出版年度：2019
卷号：8
期号：1
页码：14-27
DOI：10.3989/chdj.2019.014
出版社：Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
摘要：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.
关键词：Atlantic Slave trade; Intercolonial trade; Cuba; Venezuela; Puerto Rico; Santo Domingo