Asiento de Negros

E462740

asiento monopoly contract slave trade contract

Asiento de Negros was a Spanish Crown-granted monopoly contract that allowed designated traders, notably the British South Sea Company, to supply enslaved Africans to Spanish America, becoming a major source of international tension in the 18th century.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Asiento de Negros canonical	2
asiento de negros	1
asiento de negros (slave trade contract with Spanish America)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4698282 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Asiento de Negros
Context triple: [Battle of Jenkins' Ear (incident), relatedTo, Asiento de Negros]

A. El Negrito de Ojos Claros
El Negrito de Ojos Claros is a popular nickname for Puerto Rican reggaeton and Latin trap singer Ozuna, highlighting his light-colored eyes and Afro-Latino heritage.
B. Regla de Palo
Regla de Palo is an Afro-Cuban religion of Central African (Kongo) origin that centers on spirit veneration, the use of sacred cauldrons, and powerful ritual magic.
C. Book of Negroes
The Book of Negroes is a historical ledger compiled by the British in 1783 that records the names and details of thousands of Black Loyalists who were evacuated from the United States to British territories after the American Revolutionary War.
D. The Black Book
The Black Book is a postmodern novel by Turkish author Orhan Pamuk that blends mystery, philosophical reflection, and Istanbul’s labyrinthine atmosphere to explore identity and storytelling.
E. Door of No Return
The Door of No Return is a symbolic and haunting memorial site on Gorée Island in Senegal, marking the final exit point from Africa for countless enslaved Africans during the transatlantic slave trade.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Asiento de Negros
Target entity description: Asiento de Negros was a Spanish Crown-granted monopoly contract that allowed designated traders, notably the British South Sea Company, to supply enslaved Africans to Spanish America, becoming a major source of international tension in the 18th century.

A. El Negrito de Ojos Claros
El Negrito de Ojos Claros is a popular nickname for Puerto Rican reggaeton and Latin trap singer Ozuna, highlighting his light-colored eyes and Afro-Latino heritage.
B. Regla de Palo
Regla de Palo is an Afro-Cuban religion of Central African (Kongo) origin that centers on spirit veneration, the use of sacred cauldrons, and powerful ritual magic.
C. Book of Negroes
The Book of Negroes is a historical ledger compiled by the British in 1783 that records the names and details of thousands of Black Loyalists who were evacuated from the United States to British territories after the American Revolutionary War.
D. The Black Book
The Black Book is a postmodern novel by Turkish author Orhan Pamuk that blends mystery, philosophical reflection, and Istanbul’s labyrinthine atmosphere to explore identity and storytelling.
E. Door of No Return
The Door of No Return is a symbolic and haunting memorial site on Gorée Island in Senegal, marking the final exit point from Africa for countless enslaved Africans during the transatlantic slave trade.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	asiento ⓘ monopoly contract ⓘ slave trade contract ⓘ
appliesTo	Spanish America ⓘ
associatedWithConflict	War of Jenkins' Ear ⓘ War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
associatedWithTreaty	Treaty of Utrecht ⓘ
beneficiary	British merchants ⓘ Spanish Crown ⓘ linked to: Crown of Spain
causeOf	international tension in the 18th century ⓘ
country	Spanish Empire ⓘ
economicSector	Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
geographicScope	Caribbean ⓘ Spanish American colonies ⓘ linked to: Spanish America Spanish mainland America ⓘ linked to: Spanish America
grantedBy	Spanish Crown ⓘ linked to: Crown of Spain
historicalLegacy	source of enduring Anglo-Spanish historical controversy ⓘ symbol of colonial exploitation ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early modern period ⓘ
impact	expansion of African diaspora in the Americas ⓘ growth of British involvement in the slave trade ⓘ strengthening of Spanish colonial labor systems ⓘ
languageOfName	Spanish ⓘ
legalForm	royal contract ⓘ
legalStatus	Crown-granted monopoly ⓘ
mainCommodity	enslaved Africans ⓘ
mainPurpose	supply of enslaved Africans to Spanish America ⓘ
moralCharacterization	crime against humanity ⓘ
notableContractor	British South Sea Company ⓘ South Sea Company ⓘ linked to: British South Sea Company
notableContractorCountry	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
partOf	transatlantic slave trade ⓘ
perpetratedHarmOn	African societies ⓘ Afro-descendant populations in the Americas ⓘ enslaved Africans ⓘ
regulates	number of enslaved Africans to be imported ⓘ taxes and duties on slave imports ⓘ
relatedTo	European mercantilism ⓘ Spanish colonial system ⓘ imperial rivalry between Britain and Spain ⓘ
significantCentury	17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ
typeOfExploitation	chattel slavery ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Jenkins' Ear (incident) → relatedTo → Asiento de Negros ⓘ

Anglo-Spanish War (1727–1729) → relatedTo → Asiento de Negros ⓘ

British South Sea Company → heldMonopolyOn → asiento de negros (slave trade contract with Spanish America) ⓘ

linked to: Asiento de Negros

Anglo-Spanish War (1739–1748) → relatedTo → asiento de negros ⓘ