People database
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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Camusso Carlos
1796–1802Agent of Benito Patron's company in Montevideo.
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Camusso José
1789–1803Born in Cádiz, he took part in the slave trade together with his brother Carlos, in collaboration with Benito Patron's company.
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De Luca Miguel
1751–1800 (part of century)He was sent to Buenos Aires to represent the trading company Patron y Cía, active in the slave trade. He married the daughter of Juan Bautista Patron and in 1778 took part in the failed Spanish expedition to colonise two islands in the Gulf of Guinea, Fernando Poo and Annobón, and to establish there a direct trade in enslaved people with the Río de la Plata.
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Patron Bartolomé
1751–1800 (part of century)He took part in the Atlantic slave trade together with his brother Benito.
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Patron Juan Bautista
1789–1803Captain of a ship that transported enslaved people to Buenos Aires on behalf of the merchant Ramón de Palacios, holder of the asiento for the supply of enslaved people to the Río de la Plata as agent of the English trading house Robert Main of Cádiz.