German East Africa Company
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Was a chartered colonial organization which conquered territories in modern-day Tanzania. In 1885 it became the initial core of German East Africa.
Establishment
January 1885: In the fall of 1884, Germans started an expedition to East Africa. Carl Peters, Joachim Graf von Pfeil, Karl Ludwig Jühlke and the merchant August Otto traveled to Zanzibar and crossed over to the opposite mainland. In the hinterland of the mainland possessions of the Sultan of Zanzibar, Peters visited local chiefs and presented them with German-language "protection contracts", which he was able to persuade twelve local rulers who did not speak German to sign. In this way, claims to power were acquired in the regions of Usegua, Nguru, Usagara and Ukami. After the letter of protection was issued, Peters founded the limited partnership “Deutsch-Ostafrika Gesellschaft Karl Peters und Genossen” on April 2, 1885, which was entered in the commercial register in Berlin.
Chronology
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Disestablishment
February 1885: When Peters returned to Berlin with his contracts during the Congo Conference and threatened an agreement with the Belgian King Leopold[4], the chancellor gave in for domestic political reasons and issued a letter of protection signed by Kaiser Wilhelm I on February 27, 1885. This letter of protection legitimized the occupation of East African territories under the name Deutsch-Ostafrika.
