İNGİLİZ KRALİYET AFRİKAN ŞİRKETİ 1672-1752: KALELERİ, KÖLE VE ALTIN TİCARETİ

Yıl 2019, Cilt: 11 Sayı: 30, 704 - 718, 28.12.2019

Hüseyin Günarslan

https://doi.org/10.20875/makusobed.601630

Öz

Afrika ve onun insanları sömürge tarihi boyunca en
fazla istismar edilenler arasındadır. Ülkenin kaynaklarının yanı sıra insanları
da alınıp satılmıştır. Batı medeniyeti bu kıtada etkinlik kurabilmek için büyük
çaba harcamıştır. İngiliz Kraliyet Afrikan Şirketi´de kurulduğu ilk günden
itibaren bu kıtanın zenginliklerinin peşine düşmüştür. Atlantiğe açılan her bir
şirket gemisi kara kıtaya çok az şey kazandırıken karşılığında ise insanları
başta olmak üzere sömürülecek herşeyi almıştır. Altına ulaşma ve zenginlik
adına yapılan herbir ticari sefer batıya daha fazla refah getirirken kurulan
kalelerde kıtaya adeta birer hançer gibi saplanmıştır. Afrika´nın sömürülmesine
diğer Avrupa ülkelerine göre daha geç başlayan İngilizler ise kurdukları
şirketleri ve faaliyetleri ile bu açığı kapatmıştır. Özellikle kıta insanının
köleleştirilmesinden ise çok büyük kazançlar elde edilmiştir. Bu çalışma
İngiliz ve Afrika tarihi açısından büyük bir öneme sahip Kraliyet Afrikan
Şirketinin faaliyetlerini ortaya çıkarmayı amaçlamıştır. Çalışma sayesinde
kıtanın nasıl sömürüldüğünün daha iyi anlaşılacağı düşünülmektedir. 

Anahtar Kelimeler

İngiliz Kraliyet Afrikan Şirketi, Kölelelik, Ticaret, Altın, Kaleler

BRITISH ROYAL AFRICAN COMPANY 1672-1752: CASTLES, SLAVES AND GOLD TRADE

Öz

Africa and its people are among the most abused throughout colonial history. In addition to the
country's resources, people have been bought and sold. Western civilization has made great
efforts to establish activity on this continent. The British Royal African Company has been
pursuing the riches of this continent since its inception. Each company ship opened to the Atlantic
has brought little to the land continent, but in return it has received everything to be exploited,
especially its people. While each commercial expedition in the name of reaching gold and wealth
brought more prosperity to the west, the castles were stuck in the continent like daggers. The
British, who started the exploitation of Africa later than other European countries, closed this gap
with the companies they established and their activities. Particularly in the enslavement of the
continental people, great gains have been achieved. This study aims to reveal the activities of the
Royal African Company, which is of great importance for British and African history. It is
thought that the study will be able to better understand how the continent was exploited.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Royal African Company, Slavery, Trade, Gold, Castles

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