Compagnie du Sénégal controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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Participation in the trade in enslaved people
The Compagnie royale du Sénégal, the second company associated with the Compagnie du Sénégal name, traded enslaved people with the Hausa kingdoms, Mali, and Moorish groups in Mauritania. This places the company within the history of colonial exploitation and the Atlantic slave trade.