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Royal Niger Company, the Glossary

The Royal Niger Company was a mercantile company chartered by the British government in the nineteenth century.^[1]

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African Steamship Company

The African Steamship Company was a British shipping line in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Alhassan Dantata (1877 – 17 August 1955) was a Nigerian businessman and philanthropist. Through his trade with large British companies, he became one of the wealthiest men in West Africa during his time. He is the great-grandfather of Aliko Dangote, the wealthiest person in Nigeria and Africa.

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Benue River

Benue River (la Bénoué), previously known as the Chadda River or Tchadda, is the major tributary of the Niger River.

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Berlin Conference

The Berlin Conference of 1884–1885 met on 15 November 1884 and, after an adjournment, concluded on 26 February 1885 with the signature of a General Act, by Keith, Arthur Berriedale, 1919, p. 52.

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British Cameroon

British Cameroon or the British Cameroons was a British mandate territory in British West Africa, formed of the Northern Cameroons and Southern Cameroons. Royal Niger Company and British Cameroon are British West Africa.

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Chartered company

A chartered company is an association with investors or shareholders that is incorporated and granted rights (often exclusive rights) by royal charter (or similar instrument of government) for the purpose of trade, exploration, or colonization, or a combination of these. Royal Niger Company and chartered company are chartered companies.

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Colonial Nigeria

Colonial Nigeria was ruled by the British Empire from the mid-nineteenth century until 1 October 1960 when Nigeria achieved independence. Royal Niger Company and Colonial Nigeria are British West Africa.

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Compagnie du Sénégal et de la Côte occidentale d'Afrique

The Compagnie du Sénégal (SCOA) (French for "the Senegal Company" or "Company of the Senegal"), officially the Compagnie du Sénégal et de la Côte occidentale d'Afrique ("Company of the Senegal and of the West Coast of Africa") was a 19th-century colonial French company involved in the palm oil trade in Nigeria.

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East India Company

The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. Royal Niger Company and East India Company are chartered companies, Defunct companies of the United Kingdom and Trading companies of the United Kingdom.

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Free trade

Free trade is a trade policy that does not restrict imports or exports.

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French Congo

The French Congo (Congo français) or Middle Congo (Moyen-Congo) was a French colony which at one time comprised the present-day area of the Republic of the Congo and parts of Gabon, and the Central African Republic.

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French language

French (français,, or langue française,, or by some speakers) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.

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French Third Republic

The French Third Republic (Troisième République, sometimes written as La IIIe République) was the system of government adopted in France from 4 September 1870, when the Second French Empire collapsed during the Franco-Prussian War, until 10 July 1940, after the Fall of France during World War II led to the formation of the Vichy government.

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George Taubman Goldie

Sir George Dashwood Taubman Goldie (20 May 1846 – 20 August 1925) was a Manx administrator who played a major role in the founding of Nigeria. Royal Niger Company and George Taubman Goldie are history of Nigeria.

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German Empire

The German Empire, also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich or simply Germany, was the period of the German Reich from the unification of Germany in 1871 until the November Revolution in 1918, when the German Reich changed its form of government from a monarchy to a republic.

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Government of the United Kingdom

The Government of the United Kingdom (formally His Majesty's Government, abbreviated to HM Government) is the central executive authority of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

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Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare

Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare (16 April 1815 – 25 February 1895), was a British Liberal Party politician, who served in government most notably as Home Secretary (1868–1873) and as Lord President of the Council.

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Hugh Clapperton

Bain Hugh Clapperton (18 May 1788 – 13 April 1827) was a Scottish naval officer and explorer of West and Central Africa.

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Indian Rebellion of 1857

The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown.

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Jaja of Opobo

King Jaja of Opobo (full name: Jubo Jubogha; c. 1821–1891) belonging to the Igbo ethnicity, was the founder and first king (amanyanabo) of the Opobo Kingdom in present-day Rivers State and Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria.

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John Lander (explorer)

John Lander FRGS (29 December 1806 – 16 November 1839) was the younger brother of English explorer Richard Lemon Lander and accompanied him on his second expedition to western Africa.

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Kamerun

Kamerun was an African colony of the German Empire from 1884 to 1920 in the region of today's Republic of Cameroon.

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Léon Gambetta

Léon Gambetta (2 April 1838 – 31 December 1882) was a French lawyer and republican politician who proclaimed the French Third Republic in 1870 and played a prominent role in its early government.

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List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1899

This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1899.

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List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1936

This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1936.

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List of companies of the Central African Republic

The Central African Republic is a landlocked country in Central Africa.

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Liverpool and Manchester Trading Company

The Liverpool and Manchester Trading Company was a 19th-century British company involved in the palm oil trade from Nigeria.

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Lokoja

Lokoja is a north-central city in Nigeria.

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Macgregor Laird

Macgregor Laird (1808 – 9 January 1861) was a Scottish merchant pioneer of British trade on the River Niger.

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Malaria

Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects vertebrates.

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Monopoly

A monopoly (from Greek label and label), as described by Irving Fisher, is a market with the "absence of competition", creating a situation where a specific person or enterprise is the only supplier of a particular thing.

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Niger Coast Protectorate

The Niger Coast Protectorate was a British protectorate in the Oil Rivers area of present-day Nigeria, originally established as the Oil Rivers Protectorate in 1884 and confirmed at the Berlin Conference the following year. Royal Niger Company and Niger Coast Protectorate are 1900 disestablishments in Nigeria, colonial Nigeria and history of Nigeria.

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Niger expedition of 1841

The Niger expedition of 1841 was mounted by British missionary and activist groups in 1841–1842, using three British iron steam vessels to travel to Lokoja, at the confluence of the Niger River and Benue River, in what is now Nigeria. Royal Niger Company and Niger expedition of 1841 are history of Nigeria.

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Niger River

The Niger River is the main river of West Africa, extending about. Its drainage basin is in area. Its source is in the Guinea Highlands in south-eastern Guinea near the Sierra Leone border. It runs in a crescent shape through Mali, Niger, on the border with Benin and then through Nigeria, discharging through a massive delta, known as the Niger Delta, into the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean.

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Nigeria

Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa.

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Northern Nigeria Protectorate

Northern Nigeria (Hausa: Arewacin Najeriya) was a British protectorate which lasted from 1900 until 1914, and covered the northern part of what is now Nigeria. Royal Niger Company and northern Nigeria Protectorate are British West Africa, colonial Nigeria and history of Nigeria.

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Onitsha

Onitsha (or simply Ọ̀nị̀chà) is a city on the eastern bank of the Niger River, in Anambra State, Nigeria.

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Opobo

Opobo Kingdom is an Igbo-speaking community in Rivers State, Nigeria.

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Otto von Bismarck

Otto, Prince of Bismarck, Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen, Duke of Lauenburg (1 April 1815 – 30 July 1898; born Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck) was a Prussian statesman and diplomat who oversaw the unification of Germany.

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Palm oil

Palm oil is an edible vegetable oil derived from the mesocarp (reddish pulp) of the fruit of oil palms.

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Postage stamps and postal history of the Niger Territories

This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of the Niger Territories, an area between the Forcados and Brasse Rivers, once administered by the Royal Niger Company but now part of modern Nigeria.

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Pound sterling

Sterling (ISO code: GBP) is the currency of the United Kingdom and nine of its associated territories.

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Richard Lander

Richard Lemon Lander (8 February 1804 – 6 February 1834) was a British explorer of western Africa.

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Royal Niger Company's Medal

The Royal Niger Company’s Medal was a campaign medal issued in 1899 by the Royal Niger Company for service in minor military operations in Nigeria between 1886 and 1897.

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Saint Vincent (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)

Saint Vincent is a volcanic island in the Caribbean.

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Scramble for Africa

The Scramble for Africa was the conquest and colonisation of most of Africa by seven Western European powers driven by the Second Industrial Revolution during the era of "New Imperialism" (1833–1914): Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Portugal and Spain.

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Second Gladstone ministry

After campaigning against the foreign policy of the Beaconsfield ministry, William Gladstone led the Liberal Party to victory in the 1880 general election.

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Société française de l'Afrique équatoriale

The Société française de l'Afrique équatoriale (French for "the French Equatorial African Association"), fully the Société française de l'Afrique équatoriale, Niger, et Benoué, was a 19th-century colonial French company involved in the palm oil trade in Nigeria.

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Sokoto

Sokoto is a major city located in extreme north-western Nigeria, near the confluence of the Sokoto River and the Rima River.

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Southern Nigeria Protectorate

Southern Nigeria was a British protectorate in the coastal areas of modern-day Nigeria formed in 1900 from the union of the Niger Coast Protectorate with territories chartered by the Royal Niger Company below Lokoja on the Niger River. Royal Niger Company and Southern Nigeria Protectorate are British West Africa, colonial Nigeria and history of Nigeria.

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Ubangi-Shari

Ubangi-Shari (Oubangui-Chari) was a French colony in central Africa, a part of French Equatorial Africa.

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Unilever

Unilever PLC is a British multinational fast-moving consumer goods company founded on 2 September 1929 following the merger of British soap maker Lever Brothers and Dutch margarine producer Margarine Unie.

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United Africa Company

The United Africa Company (UAC) was a British company which principally traded in West Africa during the 20th century. Royal Niger Company and United Africa Company are Trading companies of the United Kingdom and Unilever companies.

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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was a sovereign state in Northwestern Europe that was established by the union in 1801 of the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland.

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William Balfour Baikie

William Balfour Baikie (27 August 182512 December 1864) was a Scottish explorer, naturalist and philologist.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Niger_Company

Also known as Central African Company, National Africa Company, National African Company, Niger Company, Nigeria (Remission of Payments) Act 1937, Royal Company of the Niger, Royal Niger Company Act 1899, Royal Niger Company Chartered & Limited, United African Company, West African Company.

, Ubangi-Shari, Unilever, United Africa Company, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, William Balfour Baikie.

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1886 establishments in Africa

1886 establishments in the British Empire

1900 disestablishments in Nigeria

1900 disestablishments in the British Empire

British West Africa

Colonial Nigeria

Companies disestablished in 1900

Defunct companies of Nigeria

Niger River

Retail companies established in 1886

Trading companies disestablished in the 19th century

Trading companies established in the 19th century

Trading companies of the United Kingdom

Unilever companies

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