Company of Adventurers of London Trading to the Ports of Africa

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Company_of_Adventurers_of_London_Trading_to_the_Ports_of_Africa
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:company
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Royal_African_Company
gptkbp:category Defunct companies of England
British slave trade
gptkbp:charteredBy gptkb:King_Charles_II
gptkbp:country gptkb:England
gptkbp:dissolved 1752
gptkbp:founded 1660
gptkbp:headquartersLocation gptkb:London
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Company of Adventurers of London Trading to the Ports of Africa
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:Atlantic_slave_trade
gptkbp:lostMonopoly 1698
gptkbp:mainTrade gptkb:gold
ivory
slaves
gptkbp:monopolyOn English trade on West African coast
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Edward_Colston
gptkb:James,_Duke_of_York
gptkbp:operatedForts gptkb:Fort_William
gptkb:Fort_James
Cape Coast Castle
gptkbp:parliamentaryAct gptkb:African_Company_Act_1750
gptkbp:purpose trade with West Africa
gptkbp:successor gptkb:African_Company_of_Merchants
gptkbp:tradedOn gptkb:Caribbean
gptkb:North_America
gptkb:West_Africa
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:English_Guinea_Company
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8