Anti-slavery in Spain

In the era of abolition, slavery thrived in las Spanish colonies with an unknown push. In torno to eight hundred thousand enslaved Africans were taken to Cuba and Puerto Rico between 1790 and 1866. This second slavery sponsored the formation of capital, the creation of transnational mercantile networks and the capture of tax remittances by the Public Treasury. LAS abolitionist ideas, announced in las Cortes in 1811, found a favorable climate in society and in Parliament after 1868.