Royal African Company
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The Royal African Company was an English trading company established in 1660 by the House of Stuart and City of London merchants to trade along the West African coast. It was overseen by the Duke of Y
1686 English guinea showing the Royal African Company's symbol, an elephant and castle, under the bust of James II
Cape Coast Castle, capital of the British Gold Coast
African Company of Merchants
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The African Company of Merchants was a British chartered company which existed from 1752 to 1821. During its existence, the company administered British trading posts in the Gold Coast region of moder
Royal African Company
…RAC became insolvent by 1708, though it survived in a state of much reduced activity until 1752, when its assets were transferred to the newly founded African Company of Merchants, which lasted until 1821. On the west coast of Africa the few Europeans lived in fortified factory (trading posts). They had no sovereignty over the…
c. 1800 painting of two British slave ships off Fort Christiansborg