Blanco White, Spanish America, and Economic Affairs: The Slave Trade and Colonial Trade.

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    • Subject Terms:
      SPAIN; AMERICA
    • Subject Terms:
      EL Espanol (Newspaper)
    • Subject Terms:
      WHITE, Joseph Blanco, 1775-1841
    • Abstract:
      The article focuses on the work of Spanish intellectual and author José María Blanco White. Topics mentioned include his exile in Great Britain, his creation of the Spanish language newspaper "El Español" in England in 1810, and his writings about economic issues such as the slave trade and foreign trade with the Spanish American colonies. The author also discusses the influence of Blanco's work in debates in Spain over the abolition of slavery and colonial independence.