Brandenburg African Company
E953144
The Brandenburg African Company was a 17th–18th century Prussian chartered trading company that operated on the West African coast, engaging primarily in the gold and slave trades.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Brandenburg African Company canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11913522 — 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.
Target entity: Brandenburg African Company Context triple: [Prussian Gold Coast, governingCompany, Brandenburg African Company]
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Royal Niger Company
The Royal Niger Company was a British chartered company that controlled trade and administered large parts of the Niger River region in the late 19th century, laying groundwork for the eventual formation of colonial Nigeria.
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Sierra Leone Company
The Sierra Leone Company was a British philanthropic and commercial organization that established and governed the early Freetown colony in West Africa as a settlement for freed Black people in the late 18th century.
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British South Africa Company
The British South Africa Company was a chartered company founded by Cecil Rhodes that administered and exploited large areas of southern and central Africa, notably in territories that became Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe and Zambia), during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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F. A. Lüderitz & Co.
F. A. Lüderitz & Co. was the trading and colonial enterprise founded by German merchant Adolf Lüderitz that played a key role in the early German colonization of what became German South West Africa (now Namibia).
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Gambia Company
The Gambia Company was a British colonial military unit that formed part of the West African Frontier Force, recruited and deployed in the Gambia region.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Brandenburg African Company Target entity description: The Brandenburg African Company was a 17th–18th century Prussian chartered trading company that operated on the West African coast, engaging primarily in the gold and slave trades.
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A.
Royal Niger Company
The Royal Niger Company was a British chartered company that controlled trade and administered large parts of the Niger River region in the late 19th century, laying groundwork for the eventual formation of colonial Nigeria.
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B.
Sierra Leone Company
The Sierra Leone Company was a British philanthropic and commercial organization that established and governed the early Freetown colony in West Africa as a settlement for freed Black people in the late 18th century.
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C.
British South Africa Company
The British South Africa Company was a chartered company founded by Cecil Rhodes that administered and exploited large areas of southern and central Africa, notably in territories that became Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe and Zambia), during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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F. A. Lüderitz & Co.
F. A. Lüderitz & Co. was the trading and colonial enterprise founded by German merchant Adolf Lüderitz that played a key role in the early German colonization of what became German South West Africa (now Namibia).
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E.
Gambia Company
The Gambia Company was a British colonial military unit that formed part of the West African Frontier Force, recruited and deployed in the Gambia region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chartered trading company
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early modern European trading company ⓘ slave-trading company ⓘ |
| aim | to establish Brandenburg-Prussia as a colonial trading power ⓘ |
| charterGrantedBy | Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Brandenburg-Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| declinePeriod | early 18th century ⓘ |
| dissolved | early 18th century ⓘ |
| dissolvedApproximateDate | c. 1717 ⓘ |
| flag | red-white-blue horizontal tricolour with Brandenburg eagle ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Benjamin Raule
NERFINISHED
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Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hadMonopolyOn | Brandenburg-Prussian trade with West Africa ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Brandenburg-Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1682 ⓘ |
| involvedIn | triangular trade between Europe, Africa, and the Americas ⓘ |
| languageOfOperation | German ⓘ |
| mainActivity |
gold trade
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ivory trade ⓘ slave trade ⓘ trade in dyewoods ⓘ |
| operatedIn | West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedOnCoast |
Gold Coast
GENERATED
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Guinea coast GENERATED ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Atlantic slave trade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| patron | House of Hohenzollern NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| peakPeriod |
1690s
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late 1680s ⓘ |
| primaryExportFromAfrica |
enslaved Africans
GENERATED
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gold GENERATED ⓘ ivory GENERATED ⓘ |
| primaryImportToAfrica |
alcohol
GENERATED
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firearms GENERATED ⓘ metal goods GENERATED ⓘ textiles GENERATED ⓘ |
| reasonForDecline |
competition from Dutch West India Company
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competition from English Royal African Company ⓘ financial difficulties ⓘ limited support from Brandenburg-Prussian state ⓘ |
| soldAssetsTo | Dutch West India Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| soldFort |
Gross Friedrichsburg
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
other Brandenburg forts on the Gold Coast ⓘ |
| tradingPost |
Akwida (Brandenstein) on the Gold Coast
NERFINISHED
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Arguin Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Gross Friedrichsburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Prinzessin-Sophie-Louise-Feste on the Gold Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedPort |
Emden
NERFINISHED
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Hamburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Königsberg NERFINISHED ⓘ Pillau NERFINISHED ⓘ Stettin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Brandenburg African Company Description of subject: The Brandenburg African Company was a 17th–18th century Prussian chartered trading company that operated on the West African coast, engaging primarily in the gold and slave trades.
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