Table of Contents
Introduction Adam Hochschild vii
List of Abbreviations xxiii
1 The Early Years (1911-1922) 1
A magnate, purportedly a philanthropist, launches himself upon the Congo
First beginnings at Lusanga
The duplicity, and the claims of the HCB
A note on the relocation of the Cuba of the Kasai
2 The Lejeune Report (1923) 23
The moving of villages
The Lejeune report
Reactions to the Lejeune report
3 The Establishment of a Monopoly in the Circles (1924-1926) 47
Monopoly achieved through the swindle of tripartite contracts
The Portuguese of Bumba protest
Hyacinthe Vanderyst and the ownership of the palm groves
Lode Achten and the tripartite contracts
4 In Barumbu Circle (1917-1930) 63
Forced labour in wretched conditions (1917-1924)
Vie Mill Hill Fathers against the State and the HCB (1925-1926)
Alexis Bertrand in Barumbu circle (1930)
5 In the Basongo and Lusanga Circles (1923-1930) 85
Echoes of Basongo circle (1923-1927)
In Lusanga circle (1927-1930)
6 The Portuguese of Bumba Against the HCB, Act Two (1928-1930) 100
Petitions and reactions
The Budja of Bumba-East robbed of their palm groves
7 The Compagnie du Kasai Proves to be Worse Than the HCB (1927-1930) 116
Doctor Mouchet's reports
The Daco report on the Compagnie du Kasai
The experiences of Doctor Raingeard
The response to the doctors' reports
8 Pierre Ryckmans' Report on Lusanga (1931) 133
Ryckmans encounters recruits headed for the Off lira and Brabanta
Ryckmans' report on Lusanga
9 The Revolt of the Pende (1931) 148
The revolt
The defining features of the repression
Eugène Jungers on the spot
Balance sheet and aftermath
10 The Lusanga HCB Transformed Into a "Model Employer" (1931-1932) 170
The moving of villages-the third phase
Laboin contracts and supply contracts
11 Coercion and Consolidated Monopolies (1933-1935) 182
Reign of terror in the Kamtsha-Lubue
The sidelining of the Daco report-the protection of the oil mills
A major new HCB project
The prolongation of the tripartite contracts
12 The Years Between 1935 and 1939 199
The planting of palm trees "in collaboration"
Georges Mortchan's report
A further modification in the 1911 Convention
13 The Apogee of Forced Labour During the War (1940-1945) 211
Afterword 217
Sources 225
Notes 227
Index 239
