Translate Asiento. See 3 authoritative translations of Asiento in English with example sentences, phrases and audio pronunciations.
Spain had neither direct access to the African sources of slaves nor the ability to transport them, so the asiento system was a way to ensure a legal supply of Africans to the New World, which brought revenue to the Spanish crown. The asiento was included in some peace treaties.
Spain renewed the asiento at the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748, but two years later the British relinquished their rights in exchange for a payment of £100,000 from Spain. Between 1600 and 1750 an estimated 450,000 Africans were dispatched to Spanish America under the asiento system.
The asiento was a contract granted by the Spanish crown to an individual or company allowing the holder exclusive rights in the slave trade with Spain's American colonies; it constituted the principal legal means of supplying slaves to Spanish America.
The meaning of ASIENTO is a contract or convention between Spain and another power or company or individual for furnishing slaves for the Spanish dominions in America.
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ASIENTO translate: seat, somewhere to sit/rest, location, post, position, base, sediment, entry, seat, place, seat. Learn more in the Cambridge Spanish-English Dictionary.