Lord Leverhulme's ghosts: colonial exploitation in the Congo

Introduction / Adam Hochschild

The early years (1911-1922)

The Lejeune report (1923)

The establishment of a monopoly in the circles (1924-1926)

In Barumbu circle (1917-1930)

In the Basongo and Lusango circles (1923-1930)

The Portuguese of Bumba against the HCB, act two (1928-1930)

The compagnie du kasai proves to be worse than the HCB (1927-1930)

Pierre Ryckmans' report on Lusanga (1931)

The revolt of the Pende (1931)

The Lusanga HCB transformed into a "model employer" (1931-1932)

Coercion and consolidated monopolies (1933-1935)

The years between 1935 and 1939

The apogee of forced labour during the war (1940-1945).