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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.
21. Sept. 2016 · 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. 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.
L’ Anglo-Belgian India Rubber Company ( ABIR ), anciennement appelée Anglo-Belgian India Rubber and Exploration company, est une compagnie productrice de caoutchouc dans l’ État indépendant du Congo, propriété du roi de la Belgique Léopold II, à l'image de la Société anversoise de commerce au Congo, une des autres sociétés ...
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 Compagnie du Katanga and Compagnie des Grands Lacs were given smaller concessions in the south and east respectively.
In 1898 the Anglo-Belgian India Rubber and Exploration Company, which had been constituted under Belgian law, liquidated and immediately reconstituted itself under the law of the Congo Independent State in order to escape certain Belgian taxes and controls. The new company shortened its name to Abir,
The Abir Congo Company (founded as the Anglo-Belgian India Rubber Company) 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.
1. Apr. 2016 · Casement describes the forced labor at the different concessionaries, including Société Anversoise and Anglo-Belgian India Rubber company (hencefore Abir), and gives a precise description of the tax system that enslaved the population. In that particular context, he tells the story of a teenage boy, Epondo, who was missing a left hand. The ...
