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Explore Australian Electoral, early immigration records and much more [View online] [Find my past] [Tree] [Family tree] [Search] [Search] [FMP Fridays brand new records] [VIEW ALL NEW RECORDS »] [flag] Australia Electoral Rolls OVER 1 MILLION RECORDS New additions covering Queensland & Tasmania have been added and our improved search now allows you to search across 12.6 million records from right across Australia at once to discover where your ancestors were living and if they could vote. [Town cryer] [SEARCH THESE RECORDS »] [flag] Early Emigration From Britain 1636-1815 OVER 21,000 RECORDS Did your ancestors leave Britain for North America or the West Indies? Explore these rare early migration records to discover their residence, occupation, year of birth, the year they departed, their destination and the ship they sailed on. [SEARCH THESE RECORDS »] [flag] Early Emigration From Britain 1636-1815 Browse BROWSE 12 VOLUMES Browse through a variety of different document types and navigate through each piece in its entirety. [SEARCH THESE RECORDS »] [flag] Britain, Early Emigration To Barbados OVER 20,000 RECORDS Find out if your British ancestors left for a settlement in Barbados between 1678 and 1715 and explore a variety of documents recording an array of different events, including baptisms, burials, censuses, landowner lists, and more. [SEARCH THESE RECORDS »] [flag] Britain, Early Emigration To Barbados Browse BROWSE 2 VOLUMES Delve through these early records in their entirety to discover details about your ancestors and early colonial settlements in Barbados and other North American colonies, such as Connecticut and Rhode Island. [SEARCH THESE RECORDS »] [flag] Britain, Royal African Company, 1694-1743 OVER 55,000 RECORDS Search thousands of passenger lists held by The National Archives to uncover the details of those on board the Royal African Company’s ships to and from Africa as well as the names of those who lived and died at the numerous company forts. [SEARCH THESE RECORDS »] [flag] Britain, Royal African Company, 1694-1743 Browse BROWSE 27 VOLUMES Browse through individual pieces from The National Archives series T 70 - Company of Royal Adventurers of England Trading with Africa and successors. [SEARCH THESE RECORDS »] [Facts and finds] The Royal African Company was a mercantile company that operated from 1660 until its dissolution in 1750. The company was first incorporated as the Company of Royal Adventurers Trading to Africa and then reconstituted in 1672 as the Royal African Company of England. The Royal African Company held a monopoly over trade in West Africa. Until the 1730s, the company participated mainly in the slave trade to the British colonies. The Royal African Company was a crucial part of the transatlantic slave trade. The transatlantic slave trade was an abominable part of world history. It was a system that enslaved millions of African men, women, and children over several centuries. After years of campaigning for the abolition of slavery, the slave trade was abolished in Britain in 1807. Since its formation, the Company established forts and trading posts along the African coast. They set up headquarters at Cape Coast Castle on the Gold Coast (modern-day Ghana) and brought traders, merchants, miners, carpenters, native interpreters, and even distillers to build their forts and African trading posts. You will also find the names of thousands of British soldiers who travelled with the company. From Africa, the company brought men, women, and children as slaves to the colonies, as well as gold, wax, and ivory. 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