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.

Red rubber congo.

With elie lison roger may steve driesen tshilombo imhotep. At one time congo red was used as a dye for clothing but has since been abandoned due to its toxicity. Documentary about how king leopold ii of belgium acquired congo as a colony and. White king red rubber black death describes how king leopold ii of belgium turned congo into its private colony between 1885 and 1908.

Start your review of red rubber. The rubber regime initially government and commercial agents focused on acquiring ivory but inventions like the car dramatically increased the demand for rubber. Other names for this vine are eta the white rubber vine and the congo rubber plant. 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.

Directed by peter bate. Congo rubber was a commercial rubber exported from the congo free state starting in 1890 most notable for its forced harvesting under. The story of the rubber slave trade which flourished on the congo for twenty years 1890 1910 by morel e. Unfortunately for the congo it was one of the only places in the world to have a large supply of wild rubber and the government and its affiliated trading companies quickly shifted their focus to extracting the suddenly.

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. 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. Under his control congo became a gulag labor camp of shocking brutality. Congo red is a sodium salt that has the chemical formula c32h22n6na2o6s2.