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Tanzania (1884-1893) |
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Dr. Carl Peters |
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* 1884: Dr. Carl Peters, founder of the German Colonization Society, signs a series of protection contracts with chieftains in the hinterlands of Tanzania. |
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* 1885: Chancellor Bismarck approves Dr. Peters' treaties, and Tanzania is officially recognized as a German colony. Peters meets with Lord Frederick Lugard to divide East Africa between Germany and Britain, acquiring Rwanda and Burundi as a result. |
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* 1889: Germany and Britain initiate a joint effort to eradicate the slave trade in East Africa. Captain Hermann Wissmann leads a special contingent, nicknamed "The Wissmann Troop," to suppress all practices of the trade in human beings. |
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Captain Hermann Wissmann |
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* 1891: Chief Mkwawa of the Hehe seizes control of the ivory trade and initiates forays into German territory. A convoy of German settlers and soldiers is raided, and their commander killed. A bloody seven-year war erupts. |
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* 1893: Sisal agave, a plant used to manufacture rope and cordage, begins to be extensively cultivated in Tanzania. It is termed "the white gold of East Africa." |
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