Royal charter creates the Royal African CompanyJan 1, 1672Labels: Royal African, Royal charter, English CrownBritannicaHistory comCambridge
Slave shipments rise sharply in the 1680sJan 1, 1680Labels: Royal African, Caribbean, VirginiaHistory comBritannica
Cape Coast Castle becomes the company’s coastal hubJan 1, 1681Labels: Cape Coast, Royal African, Gold CoastCambridgeRAC NetworksCape Coast
Trade with Africa Act ends the company’s monopolyJun 24, 1698Labels: Trade with, Parliament, separate tradersTrade ActCambridgeRAC Networks
Competition and war pressures push the company toward crisisJan 1, 1700Labels: Royal African, private traders, European warsTrade ActRAC WikiCambridge
Company ledgers document voyages and human lossesJan 1, 1721Labels: Company ledgers, Middle Passage, Royal AfricanUK ArchivesSocial History
Royal African Company effectively stops trading by the 1720sJan 1, 1725Labels: Royal African, coastal fortsCambridgeRAC Wiki
Company-owned slave voyages end around 1731Jan 1, 1731Labels: Royal African, commodity shiftBritannicaHistory comRAC Wiki
Scale of the company’s slave-voyage operations becomes clearJan 1, 1731Labels: Royal African, voyage estimatesRAC WikiBritannica
Parliament moves to replace the company’s coastal roleFeb 1, 1747Labels: Parliament, coastal forts, Royal AfricanAfrican Act
African Company Act restructures British trade administrationJun 25, 1751Labels: African Company, Company ofAfrican ActWikisource
Royal African Company is dissolved and replacedJan 1, 1752Labels: Royal African, Company ofHistory comAfrican MerchCambridge