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The Capture<\/h1>\n

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12.5 million People enslaved<\/h2>\n

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Between the 16th and 19th centuries, more than 12.5 million people born in Africa were shipped to the American continent. Spain became the fourth largest player in this macabre ranking: the major slave-trading ports of southern Europe were Seville and Lisbon until the 17th century, and C\u00e1diz and Lisbon during the 18th and 19th centuries. It is estimated that ships owned by European or North American traders transported around 2,072,000 people to Spanish America. Of that total, Spanish vessels are believed to have transported approximately 1,600,000, and nearly 1,000,000 of them ended up enslaved in Cuba. <\/p>\n

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VOLUME I DIRECTION OF THE TRAFFICKING OF ENSLAVED PEOPLE FROM AFRICA TO AMERICA<\/h3>\n

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The capture of people
at African factories<\/h2>\n

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The process began either with capture or war. Local or foreign traffickers seized young people \u2014 men, women, and children \u2014 and brought them to the African coast, where factories, also known as trading posts, were located: compounds that included a residence for the factor and his staff, a goods warehouse, and several barracks where the captured people were held in chains until they were sold and put on ships. <\/p>\n

Researchers have identified 63 factories owned by Spaniards, including several Catalans. Among the Catalan traffickers who owned or managed factories on the African coast were Jos\u00e9 de B\u00e9rriz, Francesc Canela, Pau Freixas Ribalta, Pere Manegat, Dom\u00e8nech Mustich, Pere Sala, Francesc Riera, Crist\u00f2fol Roig Vidal, and Bonaventura Vidal Calzada. <\/p>\n

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MAIN CATALAN TRADING POSTS FOR ENSLAVED PEOPLE<\/h3>\n

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MAIN DEPARTURE AREAS FOR CAPTIVE PEOPLE<\/h3>\n

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Currency objects<\/h2>\n

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In sub-Saharan Africa, minted currency was not introduced until relatively modern times, largely driven by colonial governments. For commercial exchange, it was very common to use various items such as salt, fabrics, weapons, shells, precious metals, and metal objects of all kinds. When the Catalans joined the slave trade, in R\u00edo de la Plata from 1789 and in Cuba from 1810, transactions were usually paid for in silver coins, cowries and certain goods such as fabrics, gunpowder and rifles. <\/p>\n

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Handcuffs<\/h3>\n

These handcuffs were generally made of copper or bronze and manufactured in Europe from the end of the 15th century onwards, primarily to buy people enslaved on the African coast.<\/p>\n

Javier Aznar\u2019s private collection<\/p>\n

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Katanga Crosses<\/h3>\n

The Katanga crosses were a widespread form of Congolese coinage consisting of copper or bronze ingots cast in the shape of a cross that remained in use until the beginning of the 20th century.<\/p>\n

Javier Aznar\u2019s private collection<\/p>\n

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Anklets<\/h3>\n

Large bronze anklets called konga were used by the wealthy women of certain villages in the Congo and Zaire, and had also served as currency. Various diameters were made for the latter purpose. <\/p>\n

Javier Aznar\u2019s private collection<\/p>\n

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Un convoy de esclavos en \u00c1frica (A slave convoy in Africa)<\/em><\/p>\n

Engraving by Jean-Antoine-Valentin Foulquier (1822 \u2013 1896).<\/p>\n

MMB<\/p>\n

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C\u00f3mo son cazados los negros (How black people are hunted)<\/em><\/p>\n

Engraving by Jean-Antoine-Valentin Foulquier (1822 \u2013 1896).<\/p>\n

MMB<\/p>\n

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Slave factory in the Gulf of Guinea, now part of Nigeria.<\/p>\n

Sketch by Nathaniel Parr, 1746.<\/p>\n

Library of Congress, USA<\/p>\n

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The House of Slaves, Gor\u00e9e Island, Senegal.<\/p>\n

The House of Slaves (Maison des Esclaves) has been a museum since 1962 and is a reminder of where enslaved people left the African continent.<\/p>\n

Photo by Sergio Amati (2022)<\/p>\n

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Inside the House of Slaves, Gor\u00e9e Island, Senegal.<\/p>\n

Photo by Michele D\u2019Amico<\/p>\n

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Inside the House of Slaves, Gor\u00e9e Island, Senegal.<\/p>\n

Photo by Robert Harding.<\/p>\n

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