British slave-trading company
C5200
concept
A British slave-trading company is a commercial enterprise, chartered or based in Britain, that organized, financed, and profited from the capture, transport, and sale of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| British slave-trading company canonical | 1 |
| English slave-trading company | 1 |
| slave trade monopoly | 1 |
| slave-trading company | 1 |
| slave-trading firm | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: British slave-trading company
Generated description
A British slave-trading company is a commercial enterprise, chartered or based in Britain, that organized, financed, and profited from the capture, transport, and sale of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic.
Instances (5)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
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RAC
surface form:
Royal African Company
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English slave-trading company |
| Asiento granted to Britain | slave trade monopoly |
| Henry Laurens & Company | slave-trading firm |
| Royal African Company | — |
| Brandenburg African Company | slave-trading company |