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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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  • Patron Benito

    1787–1809
    Slave trader
    Origin
    Voltri
    Place of activity
    Buenos Aires

    In 1787 he was commissioned by the sultan to import enslaved Algerians into Morocco. In 1796 he received from the Spanish Crown a licence to import 8,000 enslaved Africans into Peru, Buenos Aires and Chile, in exchange for raw hides and silver. In 1803 he obtained a licence, valid until 1809, to introduce 10,000 enslaved Africans into Cuba.