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.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
American Tobacco Company canonical	25
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 of America ⓘ surface form: 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	Hanesbrands ⓘ surface form: American Brands
monopolyStatus	near-monopoly in U.S. tobacco market ⓘ
notableChairman	James Buchanan Duke ⓘ
partOf	American Tobacco Company self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: American tobacco trust
precededBy	W. Duke, Sons & Co. ⓘ
product	chewing tobacco ⓘ cigarettes ⓘ pipe tobacco ⓘ snuff ⓘ
regulatingAuthority	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
significantEvent	United States v. American Tobacco Co. ⓘ antitrust breakup ⓘ formation of tobacco trust ⓘ
successor	Hanesbrands ⓘ surface form: American Brands Liggett & Myers ⓘ Lorillard Tobacco Company ⓘ surface form: P. Lorillard Company R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company ⓘ surface form: R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company

Referenced by (27)

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

American Tobacco Historic District → formerOwner → American Tobacco Company ⓘ

British American Tobacco → foundedBy → American Tobacco Company ⓘ

American Tobacco Company → partOf → American Tobacco Company self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: American tobacco trust

Lucky Strike water tower → partOf → American Tobacco Company ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Tobacco Company complex

Lucky Strike water tower → ownedBy → American Tobacco Company ⓘ

Lucky Strike water tower → associatedWithCompany → American Tobacco Company ⓘ

Reidsville, North Carolina → majorHistoricEmployer → American Tobacco Company ⓘ

James Buchanan Duke → employer → American Tobacco Company ⓘ

James Buchanan Duke → founded → American Tobacco Company ⓘ

Lucky Strike → formerManufacturer → American Tobacco Company ⓘ

American Tobacco Campus → originalOwner → American Tobacco Company ⓘ

American Tobacco Campus → namedAfter → American Tobacco Company ⓘ

United States v. American Tobacco Co. → relatedCompany → American Tobacco Company ⓘ

United States v. American Tobacco Co. → defendant → American Tobacco Company ⓘ

W. Duke, Sons & Co. → predecessorOf → American Tobacco Company ⓘ

W. Duke, Sons & Co. → mergedInto → American Tobacco Company ⓘ

W. Duke, Sons & Co. → partOf → American Tobacco Company ⓘ

Liggett & Myers → competitor → American Tobacco Company ⓘ

Benjamin Newton Duke → associatedWithOrganization → American Tobacco Company ⓘ

Tareyton → manufacturer → American Tobacco Company ⓘ

Tareyton → ownedBy → American Tobacco Company ⓘ

Artelia Roney Duke → spouseOfEmployer → American Tobacco Company ⓘ

Duke family → businessInterest → American Tobacco Company ⓘ

"It's Toasted" → sloganForCompany → American Tobacco Company ⓘ

William A. Guthrie → notableWork → American Tobacco Company ⓘ

William A. Guthrie → employer → American Tobacco Company ⓘ

James A. Thomas → employer → American Tobacco Company ⓘ