'Fully Capable of Any Iniquity': The Atlantic Human Trafficking Network of the Zangroniz Family. Issue 3 (17th October 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Barcia, Manuel
• Is Part Of: Americas. Volume 73:Issue 3(2016)
• Page Start: 303
• Page End: 324
• Publication Date: 2016-10-17
• Subjects: America -- History -- Periodicals; Latin America -- History -- Periodicals; United States -- Relations -- Latin America -- Periodicals; Latin America -- Relations -- United States -- Periodicals; AMERICA LATINA -- HISTORIA -- PUBLICACIONES PERIODICAS; ESTADOS UNIDOS -- RELACIONES EXTERIORES -- AMERICA LATINA -- PUBLICACIONES PERIODICAS; AMERICA LATINA -- RELACIONES -- ESTADOS UNIDOS -- PUBLICACIONES PERIODICAS; Electronic journals; 970.05
• DOI: 10.1017/tam.2016.63
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0003-1615

Abstract

Abstract : 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.