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The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919

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173

Ibid., 75: 85, 88.

174

The duke of Buckingham, however, paid his arrears, which led the duke of York to remark, "I will give the Devil his due, as they say the Duke of Buckingham hath paid in his money to the Company." Pepys, Diary, VIII, 142.

175

A. C. R., 75: 61.

176

Ibid., 75: 62, 63.

177

It seems certain, however, that these men who were interested in the Gambia trade made some other arrangements at that time by means of which a certain amount of goods was sent to that place. A. C. R., 75: 82, 83.

178

A. C. R., 75: 83.

179

Ibid., 75: 82.

180

As opposed to those who were from the king's court.

181

A. C. R., 75:90, 91.

182

O. S. P., Dom., 1668-1669, p. 459, August 25, 1669.

183

A. C. R., 75: 94.

184

C. O. 268: I, charter of the Royal African Company, September 27, 1672.

185

In the previous April a bill had been introduced into the House of Lords to incorporate the company by act of Parliament. On account of the various plans under consideration there was no procedure with the bill. L. J. (Journal of the House of Lords), XII: 480; H. M. C. (Historical Manuscripts Commission), report 9, pt. 2, p. 9b; H. L. MSS. (House of Lords, Manuscripts), draft act to incorporate the Company of Royal Adventurers of England Trading into Africa, April 6, 1671.

186

A. C. R., 75: 101, 102. See also the proposals for a resettlement of the company's affairs in S.P., Dom., Charles II, 67, ff. 341, 342.

187

A. C. R., 75: 106, 107.

188

Ibid., 75: 108.

189

British Husbandry and Trade, II, 14.

190

A. C. R., 76: 52, the preamble under which the subscriptions were made as amended December 19, 1671, article 4; ibid., 75: 111.

191

Ibid., 76, October 22, 1674. A report of a committee says that there was about £22,000 of the old subscriptions which had not been paid.

192

Ibid., 100: 50.

193

C. O. 268: 1, charter of the Royal African Company, September 27, 1672.

194

Ibid.

195

John II of Portugal had assumed the title of Lord of Guinea in 1485.

196

Dumont, Corps Universel Diplomatique, VI, part 2, p. 367.

197

As for instance, in 1659, the seizure of a Dutch ship called the Vrede by a French captain under the pretense of a Swedish commission. Lias, West Indien, 1658 tot 1665, Zeeland chamber to the Amsterdam chamber of W. I. C. (West India Company), March 1, 1660 (N. S.). Also, in the same year, the Dutch confiscated a Courland ship called the Pietas for trespassing on Dutch territory. Ibid., Amsterdam chamber of W. I. C. to S. G. (States General), June 23, 1661 (N. S.). Louis XIV also complained about the disturbance of French commerce on the Gambia by the Dutch. Lettres, Mémoires et Négociations de Monsieur le Compte d'Estrades, I, 185, Louis XIV to d'Estrades, August 13, 1661 (N. S.).

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