The Compagnie du Sénégal ( French for the "Senegal Company" or, more literally, the "Company of the

Senegal Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. It borders Mauritania to Mauritania–Senegal border, the north, Mali to Mali–Senegal border, the east, Guinea t ...

") was a 17th-century French

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that administered the territories of Saint-Louis and Gorée island as part of French Senegal.

First company

The company succeeded to some of the territories of the French West India Company in 1672, just prior to its bankruptcy and the revocation of its charter in 1674. Sieur de Richemont served as governor of its territories from 1672 to 1673 and was succeeded by the company's director Jacques Fuméchon, who served until 1682. The company's operations were then taken over by the and .

Second company

In 1696, the Compagnie royale du Sénégal was established and operated by Jean Bourguignon from March 1696 to April 1697 and then by until May 1702. They traded slaves with the

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, Mali, and the Moors in Mauritania.

Third company

In 1709, a third Compagnie du Sénégal was established.

First company

Second company

Third company

See also