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Act of Parliament
Trade with Africa Act 1697
Parliament of England
Long titleAn Act to settle the trade to Africa.
Citation9 Will. 3. c. 26
  • (Ruffhead: 9 & 10 Will. 3. c. 26)
Dates
Royal assent5 July 1698
Commencement24 June 1698
Repealed15 July 1867
Other legislation
Repealed byStatute Law Revision Act 1867
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Trade with Africa Act 1697, also known as An Act to settle the Trade to Africa was a law passed by the Parliament of England to officially revoke the monopoly enjoyed by the Royal African Company (RAC) on English trade with Africa, with included the Atlantic slave trade. Instead the act introduced taxation on those involved in the "triangular trade" whereby merchants would be liable to pay ten per cent tax for the maintenance of the forts and castles between Cape Mount and the Cape of Good Hope which belonged to the RAC.[1] The new regulations came into effect on 24 June 1698.[2]

  1. ^ "William III, 1697-8: An Act to settle the Trade to Africa". Statutes of the Realm1695-1701. 7 (1695–1701): 393–397. 1820.
  2. ^ The Statutes at Large, of England and of Great-Britain

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