According to Panamanian historian Mario Jose Molina-Castillo, the "negros esclavos" were certainly an item in the trade economy of Panama. He points out that slave trade occurred through licenses granted by the Spanish Crown to the compañías de la trata, who mobilize [...]black slaves to commercialize them in America" (Castillo,7:2011). Accordingly, Panama "developed into the primary slave market" (Klein & Vinson,). Further, Castillero asserts, since slave trade transformed into an essential financial sector, in the same manner, it gave entrance to "contraband and illegal transactions [...] in which frequently black slaves were commercialized.[...]; it was a resource utilized by English and Hollands [...]to sell [...]slaves" into Panama (Castillero,
According to Panamanian historian Mario Jose Molina-Castillo, the "negros esclavos" were certainly an item in the trade economy of Panama. He points out that slave trade occurred through licenses granted by the Spanish Crown to the compañías de la trata, who mobilize [...]black slaves to commercialize them in America" (Castillo,7:2011). Accordingly, Panama "developed into the primary slave market" (Klein & Vinson,). Further, Castillero asserts, since slave trade transformed into an essential financial sector, in the same manner, it gave entrance to "contraband and illegal transactions [...] in which frequently black slaves were commercialized.[...]; it was a resource utilized by English and Hollands [...]to sell [...]slaves" into Panama (Castillero,