RAC
E113565
RAC is the abbreviation for the Royal African Company, a 17th- and 18th-century English trading company heavily involved in the transatlantic slave trade.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| RAC canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T964880 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: RAC Context triple: [Royal African Company, alsoKnownAs, RAC]
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A.
The RAC
The RAC is the longtime nickname for Rutgers University’s on-campus basketball arena in Piscataway, New Jersey.
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B.
RAN
RAN is the 3GPP working group responsible for specifying the radio access network technologies used in mobile communication systems such as LTE and 5G.
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C.
RMC
RMC is the Royal Military College at Duntroon, Australia’s principal officer training academy for the Australian Army.
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D.
RLC
RLC is the Royal Logistic Corps, a branch of the British Army responsible for providing logistics support including supply, transport, and distribution.
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E.
RAE
RAE is the commonly used acronym for the Royal Spanish Academy, the official institution responsible for regulating and overseeing the Spanish language.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: RAC Target entity description: RAC is the abbreviation for the Royal African Company, a 17th- and 18th-century English trading company heavily involved in the transatlantic slave trade.
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A.
The RAC
The RAC is the longtime nickname for Rutgers University’s on-campus basketball arena in Piscataway, New Jersey.
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B.
RAN
RAN is the 3GPP working group responsible for specifying the radio access network technologies used in mobile communication systems such as LTE and 5G.
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C.
RMC
RMC is the Royal Military College at Duntroon, Australia’s principal officer training academy for the Australian Army.
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D.
RLC
RLC is the Royal Logistic Corps, a branch of the British Army responsible for providing logistics support including supply, transport, and distribution.
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E.
RAE
RAE is the commonly used acronym for the Royal Spanish Academy, the official institution responsible for regulating and overseeing the Spanish language.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English slave-trading company
ⓘ
chartered company ⓘ trading company ⓘ |
| abbreviation | RAC self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | RAC ⓘ |
| builtInfrastructure | forts on the West African coast ⓘ |
| charterGrantedBy | Charles II of England ⓘ |
| charterYear | 1672 ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1752 ⓘ |
| estimatedNumberOfEnslavedTransported | tens of thousands of Africans ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Charles II of England
ⓘ
City of London merchants ⓘ Duke of York ⓘ
surface form:
James, Duke of York
|
| governor |
Duke of York
ⓘ
surface form:
James, Duke of York
|
| headquartersLocation |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| historicalReputation | notorious for its role in slavery ⓘ |
| inception | 1672 ⓘ |
| industry |
gold trade
ⓘ
ivory trade ⓘ transatlantic slave trade ⓘ |
| involvedIn | triangular trade ⓘ |
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | joint-stock company ⓘ |
| lostMonopoly | 1698 ⓘ |
| mainActivity | capture and transport of enslaved Africans ⓘ |
| monopolyGrantedBy |
Kingdom of England
ⓘ
surface form:
English Crown
|
| monopolyOn | English trade on the West African coast ⓘ |
| notableFort |
Cape Coast Castle
ⓘ
Fort James at Accra ⓘ |
| operatedDuring |
early 18th century
ⓘ
late 17th century ⓘ |
| patron |
Kingdom of England
ⓘ
surface form:
English Crown
|
| predecessor | Company of Royal Adventurers Trading to Africa ⓘ |
| primaryCommodityExportedFromAfrica | enslaved Africans ⓘ |
| primaryCommodityImportedToAfrica |
alcohol
ⓘ
firearms ⓘ manufactured goods ⓘ |
| reasonForMonopolyLoss | Parliamentary opening of African trade to other English merchants ⓘ |
| regionOfOperation | Atlantic world ⓘ |
| regulationBy |
Parliament of England
ⓘ
surface form:
English Parliament
|
| roleInHistory | major institutional participant in the transatlantic slave trade ⓘ |
| shareholdersIncluded |
English aristocracy
ⓘ
London merchants ⓘ |
| successor |
Company of Royal Adventurers Trading to Africa
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surface form:
Company of Merchants Trading to Africa
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| tradingRegion |
British America
ⓘ
surface form:
British North America
Caribbean ⓘ West Africa ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: RAC Description of subject: RAC is the abbreviation for the Royal African Company, a 17th- and 18th-century English trading company heavily involved in the transatlantic slave trade.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Royal African Company
subject surface form:
Royal African Company