History of the United States I / Unit 4 USH1 0467 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Royal African Company
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The idea
Charles the Second established the Royal African Company in sixteen sixty. It held a monopoly on the slave trade to English colonies.
In practice
One hundred twenty-five thousand captives purchased between sixteen seventy-two and seventeen thirteen, twenty percent dying in the Middle Passage.
Where people slip
The monopoly ended in sixteen eighty-nine, after which many more English merchants entered and the volume rose sharply.
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