Royal African Company

About

English trading company (1660–1752) granted a monopoly on West African trade; became the largest carrier of enslaved Africans in the Atlantic slave trade; also traded in gold and ivory on the Gold Coast

In context

We hold 8 other international trade companies. 5 of them have closed, after a median of 92 years, and 3 have no closure recorded.

Counted across this directory, from founding and closing years in public records. Medians cover only companies whose closure is recorded; a company with no closure date may have quietly ceased without the record catching it.