German-East African Plantation Society
| German-East African Plantation Society (DOAPG) | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | November 1886 |
| resolution | August 1910 |
| Reason for dissolution | liquidation |
| Seat |
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| Branch | Plantation economy |
The German East African Plantation Company (DOAPG) was a stock corporation whose purpose was the cultivation of tobacco , rubber , coffee and other tropical products in German East Africa ( Tanzania ).
The German-East African Plantation Company was founded in Berlin on November 24, 1886 with a share capital of 130,000 marks , which was later increased to two million marks in shares of 1,000 marks each. The founding members included Carl Peters , Felix von Behr-Bandelin and Wilhelm Schroeder-Poggelow . The company was based in Berlin.
The company's plantations were in Lewa ( Deutschehof Plantation ), Magila and Balangai , in the Usambara landscape . The workforce was predominantly local.
In August 1910 the company decided to liquidate.
literature
- Jutta Bückendorf: “Black-white-red over East Africa!” - German colonial plans and African reality. LIT, Münster 1997, ISBN 3-8258-2755-0 , p. 315 ff.
- Rudolf Fitzner: German colonial manual. Volume 1, 2nd ext. Ed., Hermann Paetel, Berlin 1901, p. 262 f. (Reprint in Melchior Verlag, Wolfenbüttel 2006, ISBN 978-3-939102-38-0 ).
Web links
- German East African Plantation Society , in: Heinrich Schnee (Hrsg.): German Colonial Lexicon . Volume 1, Quelle & Meyer, Leipzig 1920, p. 401.