Anglo Belgian India Rubber 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.

Anglo belgian india rubber company.

Portuguese 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. International association of the congo. Austrian east india company.

Spanish east indies. The company was founded with british and belgian capital and was based in belgium. Following the relinquish casement report human rights investigator roger david casement documented abuses and killings in the congo free state. 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. Shipments from belgium of. An example given is the 700 percent profits of the anglo belgian india rubber and exploration company abir. 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.

Anglo belgian india rubber company. Swedish east india company. 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. Danish east india company.

British east india company. 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. French east india 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.

By 1898 there were no longer any british shareholders and the anglo. The compagnie du katanga and compagnie des grands lacs were given smaller concessions in the south and east respectively. 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. The race was on to extract as much wild natural rubber as possible before organised.