Anglo Belgian India Rubber Company Militia

Kongo vrijstaat was a large state in central africa from 1885 to 1908.

Anglo belgian india rubber company militia.

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 congo free state also known as the independent state of the congo french. D morel king leopold s rule in africa between pages 144 and 145. état indépendant du congo.

The tragic history of 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. Photo by alice seeley harris. 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.

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. 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.

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. Foot and hand of child dismembered by soldiers brought to missionaries by dazed father. Her hands were severed as a punishment for failing to make the daily rubber quota. 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.

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. The extent of the death toll in colonial india was described by historian mike davis in his book late victorian holocausts.