Robert Clayton

Robert Clayton

male, deceased (1707)
Brownsea Island, banker, St Thomas' Hospital, alderman, city of london, British…Honourable Artillery Company, RoyalAfricanCompany, Worshipful Company of Drapers, Worshipful Company of Scriveners
Sir Robert Clayton, British merchant banker, politician and Lord Mayor of London. Robert Clayton was born in Northamptonshire, England. He became...
Edward Colston

Edward Colston

male, deceased (1721)
Christ's Hospital Old Blue, Kingdom of England, philanthropist, RoyalAfricanCompany, Winterbourne, Mortlake…Mercers Company
Edward Colston was a Bristol-born English merchant and philanthropist. Much of his wealth, although used often for generous purposes, was acquired...
Robert Holmes

Robert Holmes

male, deceased (1692)
Sir Robert Holmes, Royal Navy officer, restoration, navy, isle of wight, Royal Navy admiral…RoyalAfricanCompany
Sir Robert Holmes ("ca." 1622 - 18 November 1692) was a British Admiral of the Restoration Navy. He took part in the second and third Anglo-Dutch...

Thomas Corker

male, deceased (1700)
west africa, sierra leone, falmouth, gambia, From Falmouth, RoyalAfricanCompany
Thomas Corker (born Falmouth, England, died 1700) was a prominent English agent for the Royal African Company and worked in the Sherbro, Sierra...
Philip Quaque

Philip Quaque

male, deceased (1816)
missionary, Church of England clergy, minister, ghanaian, Chaplain, Church of England…african, RoyalAfricanCompany
Philip Quaque (1741 - 17 October 1816) was the first African to be ordained as a minister of the Church of England. Born in Cape Coast and named...
William Dockwra

William Dockwra

male, deceased (1716)
city of london, entrepreneur, slave trade, Duke of York, custom house, patent…RoyalAfricanCompany, Armourers' Company
William Dockwra was an English entrepreneur who created the first penny post. He was born in the City of London, the son of an armourer, and was...
William Ansah Sessarakoo

William Ansah Sessarakoo

male
dutch, gold coast, oroonoko, slave, slavery, ghanaian…RoyalAfricanCompany, The African Prince
William Ansah (or Unsah) Sessarakoo (fl.1736-1749), the son of a wealthy African trader, is best known for being released from slavery in the West...

Seniora Doll

female, deceased (1722)
sierra leone, English, RoyalAfricanCompany, Sherbro, Senora Doll
Seniora Doll or "Senora Doll" was a Sherbro princess or 'Duchess' of the Ya Kumba ruling house of the Yawry Bay Area between the Sierra Leone...
Bunce Island

Bunce Island

British Parliament, RoyalAfricanCompany, President of the Continental Congress, British Crown, US National Park Service, Grant, Oswald & Company
Bunce Island ’s history illustrates the complex economic relationship between the West African Rice Coast and Great Britain’s Southern Colo...