The Asiento de Negros: Spain's Slave Trade Monopoly

How a 30-year monopoly contract to supply enslaved Africans to Spanish America turned into one of the most corrupt business deals of the 18th century. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the asiento de negros, the Treaty of Utrecht, and the South Sea Company's role in trafficking human beings. They trace the route from the slave castles of West Africa to the auction blocks of Cartagena and Veracruz, and reveal how the asiento's failure to deliver its promised quotas led to smuggling, war, and the eventual collapse of the company in the South Sea Bubble. Along the way, they discuss the lasting impact on Spanish colonial demographics and the brutal efficiency of the slave trade's monopoly system. #AsientoDeNegros #TreatyOfUtrecht #SouthSeaCompany #SpanishSlaveTrade #CartagenaDeIndias #Veracruz #Havana #RoyalAfricanCompany #SouthSeaBubble #PhilipV #QueenAnne #SlaveTradeMonopoly #1713 #AtlanticSlaveTrade #History #FexingoHistory #ColonialLatinAmerica #AfricanDiaspora Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo