Royal African Company and English company-based slave trading (1672–1752)

1. Charles II charters Company of Royal Adventurers

   Dec 18, 1660Labels: Charles II, Company of

   • RAC Wiki
   • Encyclopedia Virginia

2. New charter explicitly includes trading enslaved Africans

   Jan 20, 1663Labels: Company of, Royal charter

   • Encyclopedia Virginia
   • RAC Wiki

3. War losses push the Adventurers into heavy debt

   Jan 1, 1667Labels: Company of, Second Anglo-Dutch

   • RAC Wiki

4. Cape Coast Castle becomes key RAC headquarters

   Jan 1, 1672Labels: Cape Coast, Royal African

   • Cambridge Core
   • Cape Coast Wiki

5. Royal African Company charter grants monopoly

   Sep 27, 1672Labels: Royal African, Charles II

   • RAC Wiki
   • Cambridge Core

6. Act’s rules take effect; private competition expands

   Jun 24, 1698Labels: English merchants, Trade with

   • Trade Act Wiki
   • Cambridge Core

7. Parliament ends RAC monopoly via Trade with Africa Act

   Jul 5, 1698Labels: Parliament, Trade with

   • Trade Act Wiki
   • British History

8. Royal African Company becomes insolvent

   Jan 1, 1708Labels: Royal African

   • Trade Act Wiki
   • RAC Wiki

9. RAC trading declines; forts remain in its charge

   Jan 1, 1720Labels: Royal African, West African

   • Cambridge Core
   • RAC Wiki

10. RAC slave-trading scale peaks under company shipping

    Jan 1, 1731Labels: Royal African, company shipping

    • RAC Wiki
    • TNA guide

11. Parliament restructures West Africa trade administration

    Jun 25, 1751Labels: Parliament, African Company

    • African Act Wiki
    • TNA record

12. Company of Merchants Trading to Africa replaces RAC

    Apr 10, 1752Labels: Company of, Royal African

    • Cambridge Core
    • African Merchants Wiki