Red Rubber Congo

Red rubber system and forced labour congolese labourers tapping rubber near lusambo in kasai with the majority of the free state s revenues derived from the export of rubber a labour policy known by critics as the red rubber system was created to maximise its extraction.

Red rubber congo. Landolphia owariensis is a species of liana from the family apocynaceae found in tropical africa latex can be extracted from this plant for the manufacture of natural rubber. Congo red is a sodium salt that has the chemical formula c32h22n6na2o6s2. White king red rubber black death describes how king leopold ii of belgium turned congo into its private colony between 1885 and 1908. Documentary about how king leopold ii of belgium acquired congo as a colony and.

At one time congo red was used as a dye for clothing but has since been abandoned due to its toxicity. Rubber revenue went directly to king leopold ii who paid the free state for the high costs of exploitation. Directed by peter bate. The rubber regime initially government and commercial agents focused on acquiring ivory but inventions like the car dramatically increased the demand for rubber.

Congo rubber was a commercial rubber exported from the congo free state starting in 1890 most notable for its forced harvesting under. Because of the human rights abuses suffered under king leopold ii s rule congo rubber was eventually nicknamed red rubber in reference to the blood of the africans killed during production. The story of the rubber slave trade flourishing on the congo on the year of grace 1906 write a review jul 29 2019 rhuff rated it it was amazing review of another edition. Other names for this vine are eta the white rubber vine and the congo rubber plant.

Under his control congo became a gulag labor camp of shocking brutality. Publication date 1919 topics indigenous peoples congo democratic republic congo democratic republic history to 1908 genealogy. Start your review of red rubber. The story of the rubber slave trade which flourished on the congo for twenty years 1890 1910 by morel e.