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Title Interruption of Sugar Trade Due to the War Between France & Spain; The Case of the African Company, with Proposals and Reasons for Extending the British Trades in Africa, and an Account of the Ports and Settlements on the Gold Coast; African Trade, Forts on the Gold Coast, the Frenzy of Speculation in 1720; Value of Jamaica and its Produce, Spanish Worries about Britain Growing Cacao in Colonies. Printed. ff. 23-90
Reference Add 22676
Library The British Library
Date 1662-1765
Description These interesting documents pertain to various trades and political issues between the years 1662 and 1765. Included are manuscript items related to the importation of sugar and the disruption caused by the Franco-Spanish war, items concerning the Royal African Company and their involvement with the slave trade, proposals for preserving the British trade in Africa, accounts of the British forts and settlements in Africa, the state of British trade in America and the Caribbean, lists of ships involved with British trade and other correspondences and items related to trade and revenue.
Document Type Manuscript
Primary Commodity Sugar
Sub-commodity Chocolate, Coffee, Silver and Gold, Timber, Tobacco, Wine and Spirits, Cotton, Spices
Theme Trade and Commerce; Transportation
Keywords slaves, plantation, commerce, shipping, colony, empire, government, importation, exportation, conflict, labour
Region Europe, Central America and the Caribbean, Africa
Places England, London; Jamaica; Barbados; India; Ivory Coast
Company or Organisation East India Company; African Company
Additional Information Please note that these folios are from the following collection: Miscellaneous Papers; 1662-1765
Copyright The British Library Board. All rights reserved. Licence no: 5386