Anglo Belgian India Rubber Company

The compagnie du katanga and compagnie des grands lacs were given smaller concessions in the south and east respectively.

Anglo belgian india rubber company.

An example given is the 700 percent profits of the anglo belgian india rubber and exploration company abir. Austrian east india company. Anglo belgian india rubber company. Joseph conrad king leopold had squeezed revenue through a rein of terrorism and exploitation of resources.

French east india company. Following the relinquish casement report human rights investigator roger david casement documented abuses and killings in the congo free state. The race was on to extract as much wild natural rubber as possible before organised. 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.

Spanish east indies. Swedish east india company. 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. Shipments from belgium of.

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. British east india company. 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. Portuguese east india company.

International association of the congo. Danish east india company. 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. The german east africa company.

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. In the north the société anversoise was given 160 000 km 2 62 000 sq mi while the anglo belgian india rubber company abir was given a comparable territory in the south. 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. The company was granted a large concession in the north of the.