Peruvian Amazon Company
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peruvian-amazon-company-163-12880364
title:
Peruvian Amazon Company
text:
The Peruvian Amazon Company, also known as the Anglo-Peruvian Amazon Rubber Co., was a rubber boom company that operated in Peru during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Headquartered in Iquitos, it gained notoriety for its harsh treatment of Indigenous workers in the Amazon Basin, whom its field forces subjected to conditions akin to slavery. The company's exploitative practices were brought to light in 1912 through an investigative report by British consul-general Roger Casement and an article a
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Rubber boom company known for slavery
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peruvian_Amazon_Company
date created:
2012-09-25T03:28:46Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T17:11:36Z
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