Royal African Company

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British slave-trading company chartered company trading company

The Royal African Company was a 17th- and 18th-century English trading company that held a monopoly over British trade on the West African coast, playing a central role in the transatlantic slave trade.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Royal African Company canonical 6
African Company of Merchants 1
British Asiento 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British slave-trading company ⓘ
chartered company ⓘ
trading company ⓘ
alsoKnownAs RAC ⓘ
built forts on the West African coast ⓘ
trading posts on the West African coast ⓘ
charterGrantedBy Charles II of England ⓘ
charterYear 1672 ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
dissolved 1752 ⓘ
flag Royal African Company flag ⓘ
foundedBy Charles II of England ⓘ
City of London merchants ⓘ
House of Stuart ⓘ
Duke of York ⓘ
surface form: James, Duke of York
grantedBy Royal charter ⓘ
headquartersLocation London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
inception 1672 ⓘ
industry commodity trade ⓘ
gold trade ⓘ
ivory trade ⓘ
slave trade ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
laterCountry Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
legalForm joint-stock company ⓘ
mainActivity capture and transport of enslaved Africans to the Americas ⓘ
export of gold from West Africa ⓘ
export of ivory from West Africa ⓘ
monopolyEnded 1698 ⓘ
monopolyEndedBy Act of Parliament allowing separate traders ⓘ
monopolyOn English trade in enslaved Africans ⓘ
English trade on the West African coast ⓘ
notableFort Cape Coast Castle ⓘ
Banjul ⓘ
surface form: Fort James, Gambia

Fort William, Anomabu ⓘ
precededBy Company of Royal Adventurers Trading to Africa ⓘ
roleInHistory central role in the English transatlantic slave trade ⓘ
instrument of English imperial expansion in West Africa ⓘ
shareholdersIncluded English aristocracy ⓘ
English royalty ⓘ
London merchants ⓘ
successor Royal African Company self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: African Company of Merchants
tradingRegion Bight of Benin ⓘ
Caribbean colonies ⓘ
English colonies in North America ⓘ
Gambia River ⓘ
surface form: Gambia River region

Gold Coast ⓘ
Sierra Leone ⓘ
surface form: Sierra Leone coast

West Africa ⓘ
transportedEnslavedAfricans tens of thousands of people ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British Empire → majorCompany → Royal African Company ⓘ
Royal African Company → successor → Royal African Company self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: African Company of Merchants
asiento de negros contract → hasAlternativeName → Royal African Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Asiento
City of London merchants → memberOf → Royal African Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal African Company (as individual shareholders and directors)
Company of Royal Adventurers Trading to Africa → successor → Royal African Company ⓘ
Company of Royal Adventurers Trading to Africa → reorganizedAs → Royal African Company ⓘ
Royal African Company flag → usedBy → Royal African Company ⓘ
Royal African Company flag → operator → Royal African Company ⓘ
Royal African Company flag → dissolvedWith → Royal African Company ⓘ
Fort William, Anomabu → associatedWith → Royal African Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Royal African Company