Brandenburg African Company

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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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Brandenburg African Company canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf chartered trading company ⓘ
early modern European trading company ⓘ
slave-trading company ⓘ
aim to establish Brandenburg-Prussia as a colonial trading power ⓘ
charterGrantedBy Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg ⓘ
country Brandenburg-Prussia ⓘ
declinePeriod early 18th century ⓘ
dissolved early 18th century ⓘ
dissolvedApproximateDate c. 1717 ⓘ
flag red-white-blue horizontal tricolour with Brandenburg eagle ⓘ
foundedBy Benjamin Raule ⓘ
Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg ⓘ
hadMonopolyOn Brandenburg-Prussian trade with West Africa ⓘ
headquartersLocation Brandenburg-Prussia ⓘ
inception 1682 ⓘ
involvedIn triangular trade between Europe, Africa, and the Americas ⓘ
languageOfOperation German ⓘ
mainActivity gold trade ⓘ
ivory trade ⓘ
slave trade ⓘ
trade in dyewoods ⓘ
operatedIn West Africa ⓘ
operatedOnCoast Gold Coast ⓘ
Guinea coast ⓘ
participatedIn Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
patron House of Hohenzollern ⓘ
peakPeriod 1690s ⓘ
late 1680s ⓘ
primaryExportFromAfrica enslaved Africans ⓘ
gold ⓘ
ivory ⓘ
primaryImportToAfrica alcohol ⓘ
firearms ⓘ
metal goods ⓘ
textiles ⓘ
reasonForDecline competition from Dutch West India Company ⓘ
competition from English Royal African Company ⓘ
financial difficulties ⓘ
limited support from Brandenburg-Prussian state ⓘ
soldAssetsTo Dutch West India Company ⓘ
soldFort Gross Friedrichsburg ⓘ
other Brandenburg forts on the Gold Coast ⓘ
tradingPost Akwida (Brandenstein) on the Gold Coast ⓘ
linked to: Prussian Gold Coast

Arguin Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gross Friedrichsburg ⓘ
Prinzessin-Sophie-Louise-Feste on the Gold Coast ⓘ
usedPort Emden ⓘ
Hamburg ⓘ
Königsberg ⓘ
Pillau ⓘ
Stettin ⓘ

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Prussian Gold Coast → governingCompany → Brandenburg African Company ⓘ
Danish Africa Company → relatedTo → Brandenburg African Company ⓘ
Groß Friedrichsburg → constructedBy → Brandenburg African Company ⓘ
Groß Friedrichsburg → builtFor → Brandenburg African Company ⓘ
Fort Fredericksburg → associatedWith → Brandenburg African Company ⓘ