Company of the Upper Ubangi Sultanates
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Company of the Upper Ubangi Sultanates
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The Company of the Upper Ubangi Sultanates was a concessionary company in the colony of Ubangi-Shari between 1899 and 1927. It was founded by ten European shareholders and received from the French government a 140,000 km2 territory to administer and exploit. Ernest Bouchard, one of the original shareholders, took possession of the territory from the colonial official, Henri Bobichon, on 22 August 1900 at Bangassou. The company engaged in the rubber and ivory trades, exacting labour from the nati
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Concessionary company in Ubangi-Shari
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_of_the_Upper_Ubangi_Sultanates
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2022-04-14T17:00:31Z
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