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Congo Free State rubber regime (1890s–1908)
On the Industrial Revolution map as “The Congo rubber regime”
1890s–1908 — In King Leopold’s Congo Free State, villages are forced by hostage-taking, mutilation and killing to collect wild rubber for tyres and cables. The population losses are disputed, from hundreds of thousands to millions. Remember them.
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- Great Divergence and global trade (chapter 11 of Industrial Revolution)
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