Anglo Belgian India Rubber Company

Following the relinquish casement report human rights investigator roger david casement documented abuses and killings in the congo free state.

Anglo belgian india rubber company.

By 1898 there were no longer any british shareholders and the anglo. The company was granted a large concession in the north of the. French east india company. British east india company.

The german east africa company. Swedish east india company. The company was founded with british and belgian capital and was based in belgium. Companies such as the anglo belgian india rubber company the antwerp company and the king s own crown domain took over the extraction of rubber from the chokwe.

Portuguese east india company. An example given is the 700 percent profits of the anglo belgian india rubber and exploration company abir. The compagnie du katanga and compagnie des grands lacs were given smaller concessions in the south and east respectively. The abir congo company founded as the anglo belgian india rubber company and later known as the compagnie du congo belge was the company appointed to exploit natural rubber in the congo free state.

Austrian east india company. Shipments from belgium of. He is looking at the severed hand and foot of his five year old daughter boali a victim of the anglo belgian india rubber company militia and there in front of him on the palm matting are. Anglo belgian india rubber company.

The race was on to extract as much wild natural rubber as possible before organised. International association of the congo. By 1898 there were no longer any british shareholders and the anglo belgian india rubber company changed its name to the abir congo company and its residence for tax purposes to the free state. Since the profits on rubber were low compared with ivory or slaves great pressure had to be brought to bear to encourage newly subjected villagers to forsake their agricultural.

The abir congo company founded as the anglo belgian india rubber company and later known as the compagnie du congo belge was a company that exploited natural rubber in the congo free state the private property of king leopold ii of belgium the company was founded with british and belgian capital and was based in belgium. Abir enjoyed a boom through the late 1890s by selling a kilogram of rubber in europe for up to 10 fr which had cost them just 1 35 fr. Joseph conrad king leopold had squeezed revenue through a rein of terrorism and exploitation of resources. Danish east india company.