Settling the Trade to Africa: The Anglo-African Trade, 1695-1715, and the Political and Economic Implications of 1698

Horrigan, Liam Francis (2016) Settling the Trade to Africa: The Anglo-African Trade, 1695-1715, and the Political and Economic Implications of 1698. Master of Arts by Research (MARes) thesis, University of Kent,. (Full text available)

Abstract

Looking at the 'Act to Settle the Trade to Africa' of 1698, this thesis illustrates the multiple forces at work which shaped the English trade with West Africa for much of the eighteenth century, as well as the effects of the trade's deregulation on English political and commercial society. In doing so, we uncover a thorough understanding of the global implications of the Anglo-African trade, as well as the imperial ideology behind the English legislation regarding West Africa in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Using the heretofore unacknowledged tax books of the Royal African Company, specific information regarding the intricacies of RAC trade and its dealings with the separate traders also becomes apparent.

Item Type:	Thesis (Master of Arts by Research (MARes))
Uncontrolled keywords:	Slave, Trade, Political, Economic, West Africa, England, 1698, Pettigrew, Global, Commodity, Royal African Company, East India Company, Settle, Act, Africa.
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain D History General and Old World > DT Africa
Divisions:	Faculties > Humanities > School of History
Depositing User:	Users 1 not found.
Date Deposited:	30 Nov 2016 18:00 UTC
Last Modified:	01 Dec 2016 11:22 UTC
Resource URI:	https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/59306 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)