Company of Royal Adventurers Trading to Africa

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The Company of Royal Adventurers Trading to Africa was a 17th-century English chartered company that held a royal monopoly over trade with West Africa, including a major role in the early transatlantic slave trade.

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instanceOf English chartered company
monopoly company
trading company
activity transatlantic slave trade
alsoKnownAs Company of Royal Adventurers into Africa
Royal Adventurers into Africa
associatedWith English Atlantic empire
linked to: Atlantic world
charterGrantedBy Charles II of England
charterGrantedIn 1660
conflict Second Anglo-Dutch War
country Kingdom of England
dissolved 1672
foundedBy Charles II of England
English courtiers and merchants
James, Duke of York
linked to: Duke of York
grantedPrivileges exclusive trading rights on the West African coast
right to establish forts and factories in Africa
headquartersLocation London
linked to: London, England
historicalPeriod Restoration era
linked to: Stuart period
historicalSignificance precursor to the Royal African Company in organizing English slave trading ventures
inception 1660
industry overseas trade
slave trade
legalBasis royal charter
legalForm joint-stock company
mainCommodities gold
ivory
redwood
slaves
monopolyGrantedBy English Crown
linked to: Kingdom of England
monopolyOn English trade with West Africa
notableImpact expansion of English forts on the West African coast
precedent for later English chartered trading companies
operatedDuringReignOf Charles II of England
partOf English colonial expansion
patron James, Duke of York
linked to: Duke of York

Prince Rupert of the Rhine
reasonForFailure heavy debts
losses during Anglo-Dutch conflicts
reorganizedAs Royal African Company
roleInHistory early institutionalization of English involvement in the Atlantic slave trade
shareholdersIncluded English nobility
London merchants
successor Royal African Company
tradingRegion Gambia region
linked to: The Gambia

Gold Coast
Guinea Coast
West Africa

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Royal African Company precededBy Company of Royal Adventurers Trading to Africa
Company of Royal Adventurers Trading to Africa alsoKnownAs Royal Adventurers into Africa
linked to: Company of Royal Adventurers Trading to Africa
Company of Royal Adventurers Trading to Africa alsoKnownAs Company of Royal Adventurers into Africa
linked to: Company of Royal Adventurers Trading to Africa
Royal African Company predecessor Company of Royal Adventurers Trading to Africa
subject linked to: RAC
Royal African Company successor Company of Merchants Trading to Africa
subject linked to: RAC
linked to: Company of Royal Adventurers Trading to Africa