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Royal proclamation regarding the Royal African Company with signatures, 2 December 1674

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Royal African Company

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This royal proclamation, written to John Leverett (1616-1679), gives the Royal African Company of England exclusive rights to sail from America to trade with Africa and forbids all others from carrying "Negro Servants, Gold, Elephants teeth, or any other goods and merchandise." From the Saltonstall family papers
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