Formed as a trading company but went on to effectively rule India, on behalf of the British. Was involved in the slave trade.
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East India Company
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George Sparkes memorial
{Inscribed in the granite of the north, pavement, side of the plinth:} In aff...
Tea trade - St Katharine Docks
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