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The Royal African Company: Monopoly and Atrocity
In Episode 11 of The Atlantic Slave Trade: Empire Built on Human Suffering, Lucas and Luna examine the Royal African Company, the English Crown-chartered monopoly that transported more enslaved Africans than any other single entity in the 17th and 18th centuries. From its founding in 1660 under King Charles II and his brother James, Duke of York, the RAC built a network of forts along the Gold Coast—Cape Coast Castle, Anomabu, James Fort—and became the commercial backbone of England's slave empire. Lucas explains how the company's monopoly was justified as a patriotic duty, yet…
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