| Back | They listened always very attentively to my discourses on these heads, but especially to that part which related to the buying of negroes, which was a trade at that time, not only not far entered into, but, as far as it was, had been carried on by assientos, or permission of the kings of Spain and Portugal, and engrossed in the public stock: so that few negroes were bought, and these excessively dear. |
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| Front | Siempre escuchaban con mucha atención mis relatos, particularmente, lo concerniente a la compra de negros, que era un negocio que, en aquel tiempo, no se explotaba y, cuando se hacía, era mediante asientos, es decir, permisos que otorgaban los reyes de España o Portugal, a modo de subastas públicas. De este modo, los pocos negros que se traían, resultaban excesivamente caros. |
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