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‘Fully Capable of Any Iniquity’: The Atlantic Human Trafficking Network of the Zangroniz Family

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2016

Manuel Barcia
Manuel Barcia*
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University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
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In the early eighteenth century, two Basque brothers of the Spanish Zangroniz family established a trading house in the Cuban capital. Through the expansion and diversification of their business activities over time, they created a powerful transatlantic commercial network, and in the process became important actors during a period characterized by vastly increased economic integration in the Atlantic world. Behind this growth were technological innovations. The brothers' shrewd use of them “made it possible to transport more and different kinds of items across great distances.

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The Americas , Volume 73 , Issue 3 , July 2016 , pp. 303 - 324
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