When we think of the Galleon Trade, we usually think of rich cargoes of silver, or spices, or silk. But it also carried human beings, in chains, from Manila, to be sold in Mexico. This was the Transpacific slave trade. 

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References:

Seijas, Tatiana (2014). Asian Slaves in Colonial Mexico: From Chinos to Indians. Cambridge University Press.

“The Amistad Case” (undated).  National Archives and Records Administration. https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/amistad

Scott, William Henry (1991). Slavery in the Spanish Philippines. De La Salle University Press.

Legarda, Benito (1999). After the Galleons: Foreign Trade, Economic Change, and Entrepreneurship in the Nineteenth Century Philippines. Ateneo de Manila University Press.