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People from the Italian peninsula involved in the Atlantic slave trade and slavery, 15th–19th centuries. Search by name or filter by role, place, network and period.
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Crosa (famiglia)
1751–1800 (part of century)The Crosa invested in the Compañía Gaditana de Negros, managed by the Enrile family.
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Enrile Geronimo
1769–1782Born in Cádiz in 1730, son of José María, in 1769 he made his first voyage to Havana and Puerto Rico to look after the interests of the Compañía Gaditana de Negros, and in 1773 he returned to Cuba as director of the company. In 1776 he was again in Havana to oversee his father's investment in a London company that imported enslaved people. In 1778, still in Cuba, he obtained the title of Marquis of Casa Enrile. In 1782, during the American War of Independence, in which Spain was allied with France against England, he obtained a special permit to import enslaved people into Cuba on neutral ships.
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Enrile Jose Maria
1765–1779He was among the first partners of the Compañía Gaditana de Negros, which received from the Crown the exclusive privilege of the slave trade to the Americas from 1765 to 1779. The company, which operated first from Puerto Rico and then from Cuba, also invested in the buying and selling of grain, sugar, coffee, timber and other goods. Enrile also invested in a London company that imported enslaved people into Cuba.
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Masnata José Rafael
1765–1772He took part in the expeditions of the ships of the Compañía Gaditana de Negros.
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Montesisto Giuseppe
1765–1772Genoese consul in Cádiz, he invested in the Compañía Gaditana de Negros and thus in the slave trade to the Spanish colonies.