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Stock share certificate for the Royal African Company
National Museum of African American History and Culture

Stock share certificate for the Royal African Company

Champion Ashby, British, born 1648 · 1691

ink on paper, wax
National Museum of African American History and Culture
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of African American History and Culture

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 investment in the company that provided the greatest number of enslaved persons to the British colonies.

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