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Family bought palm oil business in Niger Basin
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Formed Central African trading Company
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Visited West Africa
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Created United African Company
Convinced other companies to join his family's company
Controlled over 30 trading posts -
Application for royal charter refused
Competing French interests in region -
Berlin Conference
Britain asserted right to establish a protectorate over both northern + southern Niger -
Company Chartered as Royal Niger Company
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Company Chartered as Royal Niger Company
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Knighted
Later became a colonial administrator -
Treaties with tribal chiefs
Trade solely with company's agents in return for a commitment to buy up all local exportable products
450 local treaties - territory and jurisdiction to UAC in exchange for protection + annual subsidy
Offered a range of weapons, ammunition, rum, gin, tobacco, Manchester cotton goods, salt