Category:Royal African Company

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The Royal African Company (RAC) was an English mercantile (trading) company set up by the royal Stuart family and City of London merchants to trade along the west coast of Africa. Originally known as the Company of Royal Adventurers Trading to Africa. It was led by the Duke of York, who was the brother of Charles II and later took the throne as James II.

Royal African Company

English slave trading company

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Instance of

Industry

Location

Kingdom of England

Founded by

Inception

1660 (in Julian calendar)

Dissolved, abolished or demolished date

10 April 1752

Follows

Company of Royal Adventurers Trading into Africa

Followed by

African Company of Merchants

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Q769519 VIAF ID: 142594253 GND ID: 3017322-X Library of Congress authority ID: n83022292 Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 120684043 IdRef ID: 028955447 Libraries Australia ID: 49862995 National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007603731505171 NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA0668930X
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Subcategories

This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.

C

Coins with provenance mark Elephant and Castle‎ (1 F)
Edward Colston‎ (5 C, 9 F)

H

Frescheville Holles‎ (6 F)
Robert Holmes (Royal Navy officer)‎ (1 C, 7 F)

T

Travels into the inland parts of Africa- containing a description of the several nations for the space of Six Hundred Miles up the River Gambia‎ (37 F)

Media in category "Royal African Company"

The following 26 files are in this category, out of 26 total.

A detection of the proceedings and practices of the directors of the Royal African Company of England Fleuron T031734-1.png 1,109 × 191; 17 KB
A detection of the proceedings and practices of the directors of the Royal African Company of England Fleuron T031734-2.png 1,139 × 214; 21 KB
A detection of the proceedings and practices of the directors of the Royal African Company of England Fleuron T031734-3.png 977 × 187; 19 KB
A detection of the proceedings and practices of the directors of the Royal African Company of England Fleuron T031734-5.png 991 × 337; 41 KB
A supplement to the case of the Royal African Company of England. Fleuron T048942-3.png 1,522 × 592; 108 KB
A supplement to the case of the Royal African Company of England. Fleuron T048942-4.png 653 × 539; 26 KB
All such persons that are desirous to serve the Royal African-Company as souldiers (sic) in Guyne upon the following terms Fleuron T021243-1.png 1,099 × 1,174; 106 KB
An Act for making effectual such agreement as shall be made between the Royal African Company of England and their creditors Fleuron N052399-1.png 946 × 598; 36 KB
An Act for making effectual such agreement as shall be made between the Royal African Company of England and their creditors Fleuron N052399-2.png 612 × 588; 41 KB
An incomplete Post Medieval lead alloy cloth seal of the Company of Royal Adventurers Trading to Africa dating AD 1660-1675. (FindID 845457).jpg 4,375 × 2,345; 4.57 MB
Coat of Arms of the Royal African Company.svg 918 × 1,100; 1.77 MB
Fragment van een Engelse scheepsvlag, 'Guinea Jack', NG-MC-1889-83-7.jpg 5,756 × 6,549; 6.19 MB
Fragment van een Engelse scheepsvlag, 'Guinea Jack', NG-MC-1889-83-8.jpg 9,475 × 11,811; 20.45 MB
Ivory of the Royal African Company, International Slavery Museum.JPG 4,320 × 3,240; 2.92 MB
Post Medieval lead alloy token of the Company of Royal Adventurers (FindID 419278).jpg 3,431 × 1,950; 3.85 MB
Rinfrescatoio di george garthorne per royal african company (1688) e candelabri di richard syng (1698-99), argento.jpg 3,064 × 1,296; 2.58 MB
Royal African Company Flag.svg 2,344 × 1,500; 5 KB
The case of the Royal African Company of England and their creditors. Fleuron T070435-1.png 763 × 460; 23 KB
The case of the Royal African Company of England and their creditors. Fleuron T070435-3.png 1,319 × 427; 47 KB
The case of the Royal African Company of England. Fleuron T020274-1.png 645 × 540; 25 KB
The case of the Royal African Company of England. Fleuron T020274-4.png 1,576 × 589; 83 KB
The case of the Royal African Company. Fleuron T012398-2.png 659 × 222; 9 KB
The importance of effectually supporting the Royal African Company of England impartially considered; shewing Fleuron T018063-1.png 3,478 × 1,500; 131 KB
The importance of effectually supporting the Royal African Company of England impartially considered; shewing Fleuron T018063-2.png 2,919 × 1,070; 87 KB
The importance of effectually supporting the Royal African Company of England impartially considered; shewing Fleuron T018063-3.png 2,436 × 309; 29 KB
The importance of effectually supporting the Royal African Company of England impartially considered; shewing Fleuron T018063-5.png 1,029 × 396; 32 KB

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