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Rubber and ivory were the resources with which Leopold II gained his fortune but also his bad reputation. Since Belgium had taken over Congo Free State, the production was falling constantly. Photograph of rubber tapping on a Hevea (rubber tree) of a plantation of SA de cultures au Congo Belge (SACCB) in Binga (Ubangi) (E. Lebied - Congopresse), 1947.
NAB, Archives INEAC, no. 7972.
NAB, Archives INEAC, no. 7972.