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trading companies
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Private companies engaged in trade, especially in the colonial period, and Chartered colonial companies, companies holding monopolies, concessions or privileges, such as the British South Africa Company (BSAC), the Royal African Company, the Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC) and the Imperial British East Africa Company.
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Chartered companies
Broader terms
private enterprises
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colonization
trading posts
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20.03 COLONIAL PERIOD
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