Spain

Continent: Europe
Capital: Madrid
Abolition Date:1873 - Abolition in the Spanish colony of Porto Rico.
Start Date: 1479.
Currency: Euro

Languages Spoken: Castilian Spanish 74% (official nationwide); Catalan 17%, Galician 7%, Basque 2% (each official regionally)
Population: As estimated in late 2006, is 43,484,000.
National Anthem: "Marcha Real" (Royal March)

1502 : Juan de Córdoba of Seville becomes the first merchant we can identify to send an African slave to the New World. Córdoba, like other merchants, is permitted by the Spanish authorities to send only one slave. Others send two or three.

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