Founded in 1672, the Royal African Company was granted a similar monopoly in the slave trade. Between 1680 and 1686, the Company transported an average of 5,000 slaves a year.

A document showed that a deputy governor of the slave-trading Royal African Company transferred 1,000 pounds of shares in the business to King William III, Charles’ ancestor, in 1689.

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 ...

Britain’s King Charles III has shown his support for research into the British monarchy’s historical ties to transatlantic slavery, the UK’s Guardian newspaper reported Thursday, after it ...

She discovered that the royals encouraged investors to fund the Royal African Company that eventually brought slaves to Richmond. The professor also saw parallels to the 2020 Black Lives Matter ...

Stanford-Xosei explained that James II, the Duke of York in the 17th century, was the governor of the Royal African Company, which was involved in transporting enslaved Africans.

CNN's Amanpour praises King Charles supporting research for Royal Family’s link to slavery ... [$1,263.90] of shares in the slave-trading Royal African Company to King William III, ...

Originally chartered in 1660 as the Company of Royal Adventurers Trading to Africa, the company fell apart during England's war with the Netherlands. With a new charter and name in 1672, the Royal ...

King Charles III on Thursday said he backed an investigation into the British royal family’s ties to slavery in the 17th and 18th centuries — an issue he takes “profoundly serious… ...

King Charles III, 74, is allegedly supporting independent research that will examine the British royal family's historical ties to slavery — an unprecedented move for the institution.