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Reasons for settling the trade to Africa upon the foot of a free and open trade to all His Majesty's subjects, and for entrusting the care of the forts, and the protection of the trade, to a new company with a suitable joint-stock

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Sidney Lapidus Slavery and Abolition Collection

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Title
Reasons for settling the trade to Africa upon the foot of a free and open trade to all His Majesty's subjects, and for entrusting the care of the forts, and the protection of the trade, to a new company with a suitable joint-stock
Names
Royal African Company (Associated name)
Collection

Sidney Lapidus Slavery and Abolition Collection

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1748
Place: London
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
Shelf locator: SC Rare Lapidus Collection Box 3 Folder 21
Topics
Slavery
Slave trade
African Americans
Blacks
Enslaved persons
Slave trade -- Africa, West
Slave trade -- Great Britain
Great Britain -- Commerce -- Africa, West
Africa, West -- Commerce -- Great Britain
Genres
Documents
Physical Description
Extent: 14 pages. 25x40 cm.
Description
The Royal African Company was a mercantile company established by the Royal Stuart family, managed by the Duke of York, to exploit the West African gold fields. It also engaged with the slave trade. Establishments were made with forts and settlements on the West African coast to serve as staging and trading stations. Eight pamphlets: Reasons in support of the proposal for preserving, extending, and protecting the British trade in Africa; Proposals for settling and preserving the British trade to Africa; At a general court of the Royal African Company of England; Reasons for settling the trade to Africa upon the foot of a free and open trade to all his Majesty’s subjects; The case of the creditors of the Royal African Company (two documents); The case of the Royal African Company of England; Answers to the objections against the proposals of the Royal African Company for settling the trade to Africa in a second letter to a member of Parliament.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 83606830
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20848708
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 4bd6a040-9d32-0133-5213-00505686d14e
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

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  • 1748: Issued
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Reasons for settling the trade to Africa upon the foot of a free and open trade to all His Majesty's subjects, and for entrusting the care of the forts, and the protection of the trade, to a new company with a suitable joint-stock" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1748. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a7334f60-b3f9-0133-176b-00505686d14e

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Reasons for settling the trade to Africa upon the foot of a free and open trade to all His Majesty's subjects, and for entrusting the care of the forts, and the protection of the trade, to a new company with a suitable joint-stock" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a7334f60-b3f9-0133-176b-00505686d14e

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. (1748). Reasons for settling the trade to Africa upon the foot of a free and open trade to all His Majesty's subjects, and for entrusting the care of the forts, and the protection of the trade, to a new company with a suitable joint-stock Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a7334f60-b3f9-0133-176b-00505686d14e

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Reasons for settling the trade to Africa upon the foot of a free and open trade to all His Majesty's subjects, and for entrusting the care of the forts, and the protection of the trade, to a new company with a suitable joint-stock