See also:

• ASIENTO, or ASSIENTO (from the verb asentar, to place, or establish)

ASIENTO, or ASSIENTO (from the verb asentar, to See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, or establish)  , a See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish word meaning a See also:

• FARM

farm of the taxes, or See also:

• CONTRACT
• CONTRACT (Lat. contract us, from contrahere, to draw together, to bind)

contract . The See also:

• FARMER, RICHARD (1735–1787)

farmer or contractor is called an asentista . The word acquired a considerable notoriety in See also:

• ENGLISH

English and See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• HISTORY

history, on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the " See also:

• ASIENTO, or ASSIENTO (from the verb asentar, to place, or establish)

Asiento Treaty " of 1713 . Until 1702 the Spanish See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government had given the contract for the See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply of negroes to its colonies in See also:

• AMERICA

America to the Genoese . But after the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of the See also:

• BOURBON
• BOURBON, CHARLES, DUKE OF (149o-1527)

Bourbon See also:

• DYNASTY (Gr. &vvaareta, sovereignty, the position of a hevnori7r, lord, ruler, from SuvaaBay to be able, Suvaµas, power)

dynasty in 1700, a See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• COMPANY

company was formed which received the exclusive See also:

• PRIVILEGE

privilege of the Spanish-American slave See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade for ten years from See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1702 to 1712 . When the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace of See also:

• UTRECHT
• UTRECHT, TREATY OF

Utrecht was signed the See also:

• BRITISH

British government insisted that the See also:

• MONOPOLY (Gr. govomeXla or govoircaXwv, exclusive sale, from govds, alone, and irwXeiv, to sell)

monopoly should be given to its own subjects . By the terms of the Asiento treaty signed on the 16th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1713, it was provided that British subjects should be authorized to introduce 144,000 slaves in the course of See also:

• THIRTY

thirty years, at the See also:

• RATE

rate of 4800 per annum . The privilege was to expire on the 1st of May 1743 . British subjects were also authorized to send one See also:

• SHIP

ship of 500 tons per annum, laden with manufactured goods, to the fairs of See also:

• PORTO

Porto See also:

• BELLO, ANDRES (1781–1865)

Bello and La See also:

• VERA, AUGUSTO (1813-1885)

Vera Cruz . Import duties were to be paid for the slaves and goods . This privilege was conveyed by the British government to the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea Company, formed to See also:

• WORK

work it . The privilege, to which an exaggerated value was attached, formed the solid basis of the notorious See also:

• FIT

fit of speculative See also:

• FEVER (Lat. febris, connected with fervere, to burn)

fever called the South Sea Bubble .

Until 1739 the trade in blacks went on without interruption, but amid increasingly angry disputes between the Spanish and the British governments . The right to send a single trading ship to the fairs of Porto Bello or La Vera Cruz was abused . Under pretence of renewing her provisions she was followed by tenders which in fact carried goods . Thus there arose what was in fact a vast See also:

• CONTRABAND (Fr. contrebande, from contra, against, and bannum, Low Lat. for " proclamation ")

contraband trade . The Spanish government established a service of See also:

• REVENUE
• REVENUE (0. Fr. revenu, from revenir, to return)

revenue boats (See also:

• GUARDA

guarda costas) which insisted on searching all English vessels approaching the shores of the Spanish colonies . There can be no doubt that the smugglers were guilty of many piratical excesses, and that the guarda costas often acted with violence on See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere suspicion . After many disputes, in which the claims of the British government were met by Spanish See also:

• COUNTER

counter claims, See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war ensued in 1739 . When peace was made at See also:

• AIX

Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748 See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain undertook to allow the asiento to be renewed for the four years which were to run when war See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke out in 1739 . But the renewal for so See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short a See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period was not considered advantageous, and by the treaty of El Retiro of 1750, the British government agreed to the recession of the Asiento treaty altogether on the See also:

• PAYMENT (Fr. paiement, from payer, to pay; Lat. pacare, to appease, pax, peace)

payment by Spain of £See also:

• IOO

Ioo,000 . A very convenient account of the Asiento Treaty, and of the trade which arose under it, will be found in See also:

• MALACHY, ST (c. 1094-1148)

Malachy Postlethwayt's Universal See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary of Trade and See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

Commerce (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1751), s.v .