Events with tag - South Sea Company

September 8, 1711

South Sea Company Royal Charter

Queen Anne grants Royal Charter to the South Sea Company, establishing exclusive trading rights with Spanish America and creating a mechanism to manage Britain's £9 million war debt through innovative financial instruments.

July 13, 1713

South Sea Company Slave Trade Monopoly

The South Sea Company secured exclusive rights to transport 4,800 enslaved Africans annually to Spanish America through the Treaty of Utrecht, marking a significant expansion of the Atlantic slave trade.