Economic History Review

This paper establishes that after the 1688 Glorious Revolution, when the Company’s monopoly in trade over West Africa became uncertain, leading the Company to increase its payments to African chiefs whose cooperation was essential to deter other English merchants from competing.

<em>The Economic History Review</em> | EHS Journal | Wiley Online Library The manuscript records of the Royal African Company show that the Company paid African chiefs for access to trade along the caravan routes on the Gold Coast in the seventeenth century. This paper doc...

Now on Early View: 'Competition and payments to African chiefs on the Gold Coast during the slave trade, 1679‒1704'.
By Jose Rowell Corpuz.
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Applications are open for The Nicholas Crafts Early Career Award in Economic and/or Social History.
It is made in memory of Professor Nicholas ‘Nick’ Crafts, made possible by a generous bequest.
A prize of £1000 is available for early career scholars.
Deadline: 15 December
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Applications are open for The Nicholas Crafts Early Career Award in Economic and/or Social History.
It is made in memory of Professor Nicholas ‘Nick’ Crafts, made possible by a generous bequest.
A prize of £1000 is available for early career scholars.
Deadline: 15 December
ehs.org.uk/award/nichol...