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Collection Reference Number GLC03985.05
From Archive Folder Collection of important printed treaties 
Title The Assiento...for allowing to...Great Britain the liberty of importing negroes
Date 1713
Author Great Britain. Treaties.  
Document Type Pamphlet; Government document
Content Description Printed by John Baskett. Missing 1/3 permission leaf. The Assiento Treaty between England and Spain. Spain granted England an official monopoly to supply slaves from Africa to the Spanish New World. Signed on 25 March 1713.
Subjects Treaty  Government and Civics  Global History and Civics  Foreign Affairs  Diplomacy  Africa  Slave Trade  African American History  Slavery  
People Baskett, John (ca. 1664-1742)  
Place written London, England
Theme Foreign Affairs; Government & Politics; Merchants & Commerce; African Americans; Slavery & Abolition
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859