Stock share certificate for the Royal African Company

British Royal African Company Champion Ashby, British, born 1648

1690

Medium: ink on paper, wax
Genre: Stock certificates
Museum: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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stock certificates

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businessFinanceslaveryLawTrans Atlantic slave tradeInternational affairs

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The Royal Africa Company, chartered in 1672 by the English government, engaged in trade in gold and enslaved men, women and children in western Africa. This stock certificate demonstrates the investment in the company that provided the greatest number of enslaved persons to the British colonies.