British Royal African Company

The British Royal African Company was a trading organization established by the British government in 1660 to compete in the transatlantic slave trade. It held a monopoly on British trade along the West African coast, primarily involved in capturing, transporting, and selling enslaved Africans to European colonies in the Americas. Though it also traded gold and ivory, its main role was facilitating the forced movement of millions of Africans into slavery. The company played a significant part in Britain's participation in the Atlantic slave trade until it lost its monopoly in 1698.