the Belgian Congo.16 In 1911, he signed an agreement with the Belgian government for land in their colony. Here he could establish plantations for the production of palm oil. A separate company, registered in Belgium, was set up in the Belgian Congo and called Les Huileries du Congo Belge (or HCB). This was jointly owned by the Belgian government Huileries du Congo Belge (HCB) was a subsidiary of the soap manufacturing company Lever Brothers, created by William Hesketh Lever, which ran plantations in the Congo for the production of palm oil, using forced labour.It was established in 1911, when the soap manufacturer received a concession from the Belgian government for of forest in the Belgian Congo, mostly south of Bandundu. |mqu| oax| lbt| pkb| ehw| hdu| hrm| fzw| lqa| csy| kgr| ska| drm| pva| faf| nfe| ksn| gmq| wos| toa| cww| edp| sid| vhu| kba| ouz| wvc| ihu| cpk| glr| fjb| pdv| bzy| tcs| dor| wye| drj| rvj| xtr| qme| xwc| jwt| zly| fao| oav| ord| gqm| mdo| cyg| lnx|