South Sea Company

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Sources

1. BookThe First Crash: Lessons from the South Sea Bubble

Relations

acquired:

• Asiento de Negrossince 26 Mar 1713

  Sources: The Slave Trade: The Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1440–1870, Freedom’s Debt: The Royal African Company and the Politics of the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1672–1752

invested in by:

• Isaac Newtonsince 1720

  Sources: Newton’s financial misadventures in the South Sea Bubble

rival of:

• Bank of England

  Sources: The First Crash: Lessons from the South Sea Bubble

Appears in10 items

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  Bubbles and Crashes9 items
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    South Sea BubbleJan 1720 O.S.
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    Isaac Newton’s losses1720 O.S.
  • The Commons choose the South Sea offer2 Feb 1719/20 O.S.
  • The South Sea Act7 Apr 1720 O.S.
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    South Sea stock near £1,000Jun 1720 O.S.
  • The Bubble Act11 Jun 1720 O.S.
  • South Sea stock collapsesSep 1720 O.S.
  • Chancellor Aislabie sent to the Tower8 Mar 1720/21 O.S.
  • Mackay’s Extraordinary Popular Delusions1841
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  The Atlantic Slave Trade and Abolition1 item
  • Britain wins the asiento26 Mar 1713