Royal Niger Company

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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.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Royal Niger Company canonical 5
National African Company 1
Niger Company 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British trading company ⓘ
chartered company ⓘ
charteredBy Queen Victoria ⓘ
competedWith French trading interests ⓘ
German trading interests ⓘ
Liverpool merchants ⓘ
controlledTerritory Lower Niger basin ⓘ
linked to: Lower Niger region

Niger Coast hinterland ⓘ
linked to: Niger Delta

Northern Nigerian interior ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolvedAsCharteredCompany 1899 ⓘ
foundedBy George Taubman Goldie ⓘ
grantedPowers administration of justice ⓘ
raising armed forces ⓘ
tax collection ⓘ
treaty-making ⓘ
headquartersLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
historicalEra late 19th century ⓘ
inception 1879 ⓘ
keyFigure George Taubman Goldie ⓘ
legalBasis royal charter ⓘ
mainActivity administration of territories ⓘ
ivory trade ⓘ
palm oil trade ⓘ
rubber trade ⓘ
maintained private armed forces ⓘ
monopolyOn trade along the Niger River ⓘ
operatedIn Lower Niger ⓘ
linked to: Lower Niger region

Niger River region ⓘ
territories that later formed Nigeria ⓘ
originalName United African Company ⓘ
partOf British Empire in Africa ⓘ
playedRoleIn Scramble for Africa ⓘ
receivedRoyalCharter 1886 ⓘ
regulates trade tariffs in its territories ⓘ
renamedAs National African Company ⓘ
linked to: Royal Niger Company

Royal Niger Company ⓘ
salePrice 865000 pounds sterling ⓘ
saleYear 1899 ⓘ
signedTreatiesWith local rulers in the Niger region ⓘ
significantFor establishment of British rule in the Niger region ⓘ
formation of colonial Nigeria ⓘ
soldTerritorialRightsTo British Government ⓘ
linked to: UK government
successor Niger Company ⓘ
linked to: Royal Niger Company

Unilever ⓘ
United Africa Company ⓘ
territoriesBecame Protectorate of Northern Nigeria ⓘ
Protectorate of Southern Nigeria ⓘ
usedFlag Union Jack with company device ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Nembe → conflictWith → Royal Niger Company ⓘ
Nembe–Brass War → participant → Royal Niger Company ⓘ
Nembe–Brass War → opponent → Royal Niger Company ⓘ
Royal Niger Company → renamedAs → National African Company ⓘ
linked to: Royal Niger Company
Royal Niger Company → renamedAs → Royal Niger Company ⓘ
Royal Niger Company → successor → Niger Company ⓘ
linked to: Royal Niger Company
British-Ijebu conflict of 1892 → belligerent → Royal Niger Company ⓘ