Anglo Belgian India Rubber Company Militia

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 militia.

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 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. Photo by alice seeley harris. D morel king leopold s rule in africa between pages 144 and 145.

Foot and hand of child dismembered by soldiers brought to missionaries by dazed father. 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 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.

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. Her hands were severed as a punishment for failing to make the daily rubber quota. 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. By 1898 there were no longer any british shareholders and the anglo.

état indépendant du 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. The congo free state also known as the independent state of the congo french. 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 tragic history of congo. Kongo vrijstaat was a large state in central africa from 1885 to 1908.