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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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  • Enrile Jose Maria

    1765–1779
    Slave trader Trade, Finance and Banking
    Origin
    Arenzano
    Place of activity
    Cadiz

    He was one of the original partners of the Compañía Gaditana de Negros, which was granted the exclusive right to engage in the slave trade with the Americas by the Crown from 1765 to 1779. Initially operating from Puerto Rico and subsequently from Cuba, the company 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 to Cuba.