Section 1 - The Rubber Years by Patrick Young https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx en-us 2021-03-04 18:08:24 UTC 2021-03-04 19:03:34 UTC hello@padlet.com Malicious Intent - Adriana https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270658772 The officers used woman as hostages to scare their families into providing rubber. They were merciless, and the Chief of the the district were required to bring in the rubber and then, they would receive their wives.]]> 2021-03-04 18:36:48 UTC https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270658772 Conscription -Rakib ruddin21 https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270659987 Belgians kept track of the Congolese with a metal disk attached to your head, forced hundreds of Congolese to go into forests to extract the rubber saps. These workers were often paid next to nothing, and often, those payments were just tools that helped them prepare for their next journey into the jungle to extract more rubber.]]> 2021-03-04 18:37:02 UTC https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270659987 Akayla https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270669665 This passage explains and goes into depth of how they collected the sap. ]]> 2021-03-04 18:38:44 UTC https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270669665 Christina https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270673262 This passage speaks on how Africans had to attain a certain amount of rubber or they would get whipped, they had to climb high to get the rubber that was inside of  vines and risked  injuring themselves if they would’ve fell as it has already happened.]]> 2021-03-04 18:39:23 UTC https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270673262 Kennedy https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270673370 A myth began to spread that the cans of corned beef seen in white men's houses, it was said, did not contain meat from the animals shown on the label; they contained chopped-up hands.]]> 2021-03-04 18:39:24 UTC https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270673370 Madison mmccoy211 https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270673991 They people would go at any cost and the natives would have to meet a weight require for how much rubber that got and if they didn't the would try to put dirt and rocks in the bowls but the soldiers would make them eat them.]]> 2021-03-04 18:39:32 UTC https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270673991 Akayla https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270676115 The Europeans made sure they had leverage over the Congolese people, making sure they do the labor ]]> 2021-03-04 18:39:56 UTC https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270676115 Severed Hands - Pritul pbarua21 https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270676725 Though the Rubber years may have been sucessfull for King Leopold, it did not happen without any bloodshed. Many tribes such as the Kasai would revlot and destroy many Belgium posts and a sign of resistance. But as always they were met with death. As proof of killing mens of resistance, Belgium officerrs would sever the hands of the people to gain credit. This practice was also used as a form of punishment or warning to other tribes. Many officers also had the hands of innconect people cut off to equal the value of one "wasted" bullet. ]]> 2021-03-04 18:40:03 UTC https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270676725 Kennedy https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270678864 All the blacks saw this man as the Devil of the Equator.
The Devil is a monster, ruthless, evil.]]> 2021-03-04 18:40:27 UTC https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270678864 AM https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270681374 "To gather the rubber, you had to slash the vine with a knife and hang a bucket or earthenware pot to collect the slow drip of thick, milky sap. You could make a small incision to tap the vine"]]> 2021-03-04 18:40:54 UTC https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270681374 A days wage: Jailynn jmoye21 https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270682123 The Belgians paid the slaves with cloth, beads, some salt, or a knife. They weren’t being paid to contribute towards there necessities or quality of life, but were paid in items to do more work.]]> 2021-03-04 18:41:00 UTC https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270682123 https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270682591 Rubber is coagulated sap; the French word for it, Cãoutchouc, comes from a South American Indian word meaning "the wood that weeps. They had to go deep into the rainforest to get the rubber and also climb high trees.]]> 2021-03-04 18:41:04 UTC https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270682591 Madison mmccoy211 https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270683149 The force try to kill all the natives off but let 500 people live. Leopold believes that he is helping the natives.]]> 2021-03-04 18:41:08 UTC https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270683149 The trap of Rubber https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270685968 The passage explains the vicious actions that were led on due to the impact of rubber. Rubber caused forth war and other serious issues to occur such as death and innocent people were being held captive. The rubber trade was important when being understood because it revealed the harsh and cruel extent people went through to obtain it. - Tamia]]> 2021-03-04 18:41:31 UTC https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270685968 Kennedy https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270686460 If a village did not provide rubber, they were killed. They chopped off hands of 100 and thought it was ok because he spared 500.]]> 2021-03-04 18:41:36 UTC https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270686460 charlotte https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270687649 In order to get every bit of rubber men would just cut down the whole entire vine to ensure they got it all.]]> 2021-03-04 18:41:49 UTC https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270687649 Rubber Trade - Adriana https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270689779 The rubber trade was very inhumane, the Congolese people were treated as inferior, and there were no punishment for their treatment.
"This officer['s]...method … was to arrive in canoes at a village, the inhabitants of which invariably bolted on their arrival; the soldiers were then landed, and commenced looting, taking all the chickens, grain, etc., out of the houses.."]]> 2021-03-04 18:42:13 UTC https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270689779 AM https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270692076 "often the only way to do so was to spread the substance on his arms, thighs, and chest. " This was a painful experience because they would do this as a routine . Ripping layers of their skin constantly.]]> 2021-03-04 18:42:38 UTC https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270692076 Keon kmcclain211 https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270699397 " The wood that wept in the Congo was a long spongy vine of the Landolphia genus. Up to a foot thick at the base, a vine would twine upward
around a tree to a hundred feet or more off the ground, where it could reach sunlight.

]]> 2021-03-04 18:43:57 UTC https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270699397 The Manuel - Sommer https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270699923 Told officers how to treat the servants and use of weapons.
Wrote a novel on tips on hostage-taking so that officers could learn them.
Called "Practical Questions" - Léon Rom.]]> 2021-03-04 18:44:03 UTC https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270699923 Madison mmccoy211 https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270701196 This passage is just showing how rubber was wanted and it kind of looks like the killing was to show people how serious they were but also show that it was game for them. ]]> 2021-03-04 18:44:17 UTC https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270701196 Kennedy https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270706631 Soldiers made young men kill or rape their own mothers and sisters if they did not bring back rubber.
The station chief at M'Bima used his revolver to shoot holes in Africans' ear lobes. There was many cruel punishments if rubber was not brought back.


]]> 2021-03-04 18:45:18 UTC https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270706631 charlotte https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270706731 Rubber gatherers had to stay in the forest for 24 days a time and stay in cages that didn’t guarantee their safety.]]> 2021-03-04 18:45:19 UTC https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270706731 AM https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270706766 "Louis Chaltin, a Force Publique officer, confided to his journal in 1892. "The native doesn't like making rubber. He must be compelled to do it." There were Europeans who were against this and would write down the incidents , wanting to expose Leopold 

]]> 2021-03-04 18:45:19 UTC https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270706766 Importance - Pritul pbarua21 https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270714727 Collecting rubber was no easy task for the people of the Congo. This showed how brutal and ruthless the Belgium soldiers can be when it comes to putting people in line. And severing hands wasn't just a punishment, but was also a means of pleasure. ]]> 2021-03-04 18:46:45 UTC https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270714727 charlotte https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270717510 Our passage showed how the rubber gatherers where treated and the conditions they had to survive in.]]> 2021-03-04 18:47:18 UTC https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270717510 Tanakh https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270718250 The rubber years were terrible times for the people of the Congo as natives were killed or tortured they refused to give rubber to king Leopold.Entire villages were wiped out and everyone shot in sight if they refused to give rubber away to leopold and his men.]]> 2021-03-04 18:47:25 UTC https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270718250 https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270728371 No payments of trinkets or brass wire were enough to make people stay in the flooded forest for days at a time to do work that was so arduous—and physically painful. ]]> 2021-03-04 18:49:14 UTC https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270728371 https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270730870 The native doesn't like making rubber. ]]> 2021-03-04 18:49:42 UTC https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270730870 Tanakh https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270733204 Also to prove their bullets use they had to cut off a hand of a native and bring it to the keeper of the hands.]]> 2021-03-04 18:50:09 UTC https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270733204 Hostage-Taking - Adriana https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270747836 Leopold never considered hostage-taking as an official policy but it was still happening. The congolese didn't receive any justice. Charges were denied, since these people were seen as slaves. ]]> 2021-03-04 18:52:49 UTC https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270747836 https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270759291 Hostage taking wasn’t seen as a crime, but more as a benefit.  It was bound for people to be taken as prisoners because of simple needs like food, shelter, etc. Even if they hid, they were still easily found.]]> 2021-03-04 18:54:56 UTC https://padlet.com/pyoung43/dmgtsor6o2xtafvx/wish/1270759291