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Title: | 'Companies Are Always Ungrateful': James Phipps of Cape Coast, a Victim of the African Trade |
Author: | Henige, David P. |
Year: | 1980 |
Periodical: | African Economic History |
Volume: | 9 |
Pages: | 27-47 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Ghana |
Subjects: | trading companies history 1700-1799 History and Exploration Economics and Trade colonialism |
External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/3601386 |
Abstract: | James Phipps served the Royal African Company continuously from his arrival at Cape Coast Castle late in 1703 until his dismissal from their employ in 1722. Phipps reached the summit of his career in 1719 when he was appointed Captain-General, a title encompassing both civil and military authority and very seldom bestowed by the Company. Nevertheless, his appointment was a controversial one and was made reluctantly after a number of other less qualified men had been placed over him. Finally, he was dismissed from office on charges that, from the available evidence, seem largely specious or at least unfairly applied. In this paper several aspects of Phipps' activities during the nineteen years he served on the coast are discussed. Notes. |