American Tobacco Company

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business trust conglomerate tobacco company

The American Tobacco Company was a dominant U.S. tobacco conglomerate founded in the late 19th century by James B. Duke that became one of the original antitrust "trusts" before being broken up by the federal government.

Aliases (2)

American Tobacco Company complex ×1
American tobacco trust ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	business trust → conglomerate → tobacco company →
activePeriod	1890–1911 (as original trust) →
antitrustCase	United States v. American Tobacco Co. →
antitrustRulingDate	1911 →
brand	Bull Durham → Lucky Strike → Pall Mall → Sweet Caporal → Tareyton →
businessModel	horizontal integration of tobacco manufacturers → vertical integration of tobacco production and distribution →
country	United States →
dissolutionDate	1911 →
founder	Benjamin Newton Duke → George Washington Watts → James Buchanan Duke → William A. Guthrie →
headquartersLocation	Durham, North Carolina → New York City →
inception	1890 →
industry	tobacco industry →
keyPerson	Benjamin Newton Duke → George Washington Watts → James Buchanan Duke →
knownFor	being one of the original U.S. industrial trusts → landmark antitrust breakup by the U.S. Supreme Court →
legalForm	corporation →
locationOfFormation	North Carolina →
mergedInto	American Brands →
monopolyStatus	near-monopoly in U.S. tobacco market →
notableChairman	James Buchanan Duke →
partOf	American tobacco trust →
precededBy	W. Duke, Sons & Co. →
product	chewing tobacco → cigarettes → pipe tobacco → snuff →
regulatingAuthority	United States federal government →
significantEvent	United States v. American Tobacco Co. → antitrust breakup → formation of tobacco trust →
successor	American Brands → Liggett & Myers → P. Lorillard Company → R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
American Tobacco Company ("American tobacco trust") → Lucky Strike water tower ("American Tobacco Company complex") →	partOf
Lucky Strike water tower →	associatedWithCompany
James Buchanan Duke →	employer
Lucky Strike →	formerManufacturer
American Tobacco Historic District →	formerOwner
James Buchanan Duke →	founded
British American Tobacco →	foundedBy
Reidsville, North Carolina →	majorHistoricEmployer
American Tobacco Campus →	namedAfter
American Tobacco Campus →	originalOwner
Lucky Strike water tower →	ownedBy