Anglo Belgian India Rubber Company Militia

A congolese man looking at the severed hand and foot of his five year old daughter who was killed and allegedly cannibalized by the members of anglo belgian india rubber company militia via.

Anglo belgian india rubber company militia.

A congolese man looking at the severed hand and foot of his five year old daughter who was killed and allegedly cannibalized by the members of anglo belgian india rubber company militia. état indépendant du congo. Nsala of the district of wala looking at the severed hand and foot of his five year old daughter boali who was killed and allegedly cannibalized by the members of anglo belgian india rubber company a b i r militia. A father stares at the hand and foot of his five year old daughter which were severed as a punishment for having harvested too little caoutchouc rubber in congo free state present day democratic republic of the congo.

The extent of the death toll in colonial india was described by historian mike davis in his book late victorian holocausts. 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. 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. Fuckdit just think of being stuck in there.

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. Her hands were severed as a punishment for failing to make the daily rubber quota. Photo by alice seeley harris. D morel king leopold s rule in africa between pages 144 and 145.

It was privately owned by leopold ii not by the government of belgium of which he was the constitutional monarch leopold was able to procure the region by convincing other eurasian states at the berlin. 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. By 1898 there were no longer any british shareholders and the anglo. Foot and hand of child dismembered by soldiers brought to missionaries by dazed father.

Kongo vrijstaat was a large state in central africa from 1885 to 1908. A congolese man looking at the severed hand and foot of his five year old daughter who was killed and allegedly cannibalized by the members of anglo belgian india rubber company militia.