Royal African Company
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The Royal African Company was a 17th- and 18th-century English trading company that held a monopoly over British trade on the West African coast, playing a central role in the transatlantic slave trade.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Royal African Company canonical | 6 |
| African Company of Merchants | 1 |
| British Asiento | 1 |
| British Royal African Company | 1 |
| Royal African Company (as individual shareholders and directors) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T142741 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Royal African Company Context triple: [British Empire, majorCompany, Royal African Company]
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A.
Muscovy Company
The Muscovy Company was a 16th-century English trading company that pioneered commerce and exploration between England and Russia and helped open northern sea routes.
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B.
Dutch West India Company
The Dutch West India Company was a powerful 17th-century chartered company of the Dutch Republic that dominated Atlantic trade, including sugar, slaves, and colonial enterprises in the Americas and West Africa.
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C.
British East India Company
The British East India Company was a powerful English trading corporation that dominated commerce and colonial expansion in India and Asia from the 17th to the 19th century.
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D.
Dutch East India Company
The Dutch East India Company was a powerful 17th–18th century chartered trading corporation that dominated Dutch colonial trade in Asia and is often considered the world’s first multinational company and first issuer of stock.
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E.
The Manhattan Company
The Manhattan Company was a historic New York financial institution founded in 1799 that evolved through mergers into part of what became Chase Manhattan Bank.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Royal African Company Target entity description: The Royal African Company was a 17th- and 18th-century English trading company that held a monopoly over British trade on the West African coast, playing a central role in the transatlantic slave trade.
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A.
Muscovy Company
The Muscovy Company was a 16th-century English trading company that pioneered commerce and exploration between England and Russia and helped open northern sea routes.
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B.
Dutch West India Company
The Dutch West India Company was a powerful 17th-century chartered company of the Dutch Republic that dominated Atlantic trade, including sugar, slaves, and colonial enterprises in the Americas and West Africa.
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C.
British East India Company
The British East India Company was a powerful English trading corporation that dominated commerce and colonial expansion in India and Asia from the 17th to the 19th century.
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D.
Dutch East India Company
The Dutch East India Company was a powerful 17th–18th century chartered trading corporation that dominated Dutch colonial trade in Asia and is often considered the world’s first multinational company and first issuer of stock.
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E.
The Manhattan Company
The Manhattan Company was a historic New York financial institution founded in 1799 that evolved through mergers into part of what became Chase Manhattan Bank.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British slave-trading company
ⓘ
chartered company ⓘ trading company ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | RAC ⓘ |
| built |
forts on the West African coast
ⓘ
trading posts on the West African coast ⓘ |
| charterGrantedBy | Charles II of England ⓘ |
| charterYear | 1672 ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1752 ⓘ |
| flag | Royal African Company flag ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Charles II of England
ⓘ
City of London merchants ⓘ House of Stuart ⓘ Duke of York ⓘ
surface form:
James, Duke of York
|
| grantedBy | Royal charter ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| inception | 1672 ⓘ |
| industry |
commodity trade
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gold trade ⓘ ivory trade ⓘ slave trade ⓘ |
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| laterCountry | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| legalForm | joint-stock company ⓘ |
| mainActivity |
capture and transport of enslaved Africans to the Americas
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export of gold from West Africa ⓘ export of ivory from West Africa ⓘ |
| monopolyEnded | 1698 ⓘ |
| monopolyEndedBy | Act of Parliament allowing separate traders ⓘ |
| monopolyOn |
English trade in enslaved Africans
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English trade on the West African coast ⓘ |
| notableFort |
Cape Coast Castle
ⓘ
Banjul ⓘ
surface form:
Fort James, Gambia
Fort William, Anomabu ⓘ |
| precededBy | Company of Royal Adventurers Trading to Africa ⓘ |
| roleInHistory |
central role in the English transatlantic slave trade
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instrument of English imperial expansion in West Africa ⓘ |
| shareholdersIncluded |
English aristocracy
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English royalty ⓘ London merchants ⓘ |
| successor |
Royal African Company
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
African Company of Merchants
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| tradingRegion |
Bight of Benin
ⓘ
Caribbean colonies ⓘ English colonies in North America ⓘ Gambia River ⓘ
surface form:
Gambia River region
Gold Coast ⓘ Sierra Leone ⓘ
surface form:
Sierra Leone coast
West Africa ⓘ |
| transportedEnslavedAfricans | tens of thousands of people ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Royal African Company Description of subject: The Royal African Company was a 17th- and 18th-century English trading company that held a monopoly over British trade on the West African coast, playing a central role in the transatlantic slave trade.
Referenced by (10)
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