King Leopolds Soliloquy A Defense Of His Congo Rule Scholars Choice Edition
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| Author | : Mark Twain |
| Publisher | : Scholar's Choice |
| Total Pages | : 66 |
| Release | : 2015-02-12 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781294991243 |
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
| Author | : Mark Twain |
| Publisher | : Scholar's Choice |
| Total Pages | : 78 |
| Release | : 2015-02-08 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781293937525 |
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 1720 |
| Release | : 1906 |
| Genre | : Presbyterian Church |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Joyce Nakamura |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 528 |
| Release | : 1993 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 9780810373839 |
Contains updated and revised sketches on nearly 800 of the most widely read authors and illustrators appearing in Gale's Something about the author series.
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| Total Pages | : 1756 |
| Release | : 1906 |
| Genre | : New York (N.Y.) |
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| Author | : Adam Hochschild |
| Publisher | : Picador |
| Total Pages | : 474 |
| Release | : 2019-05-14 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1760785202 |
With an introduction by award-winning novelist Barbara Kingsolver In the late nineteenth century, when the great powers in Europe were tearing Africa apart and seizing ownership of land for themselves, King Leopold of Belgium took hold of the vast and mostly unexplored territory surrounding the Congo River. In his devastatingly barbarous colonization of this area, Leopold stole its rubber and ivory, pummelled its people and set up a ruthless regime that would reduce the population by half. . While he did all this, he carefully constructed an image of himself as a deeply feeling humanitarian. Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize in 1999, King Leopold’s Ghost is the true and haunting account of this man’s brutal regime and its lasting effect on a ruined nation. It is also the inspiring and deeply moving account of a handful of missionaries and other idealists who travelled to Africa and unwittingly found themselves in the middle of a gruesome holocaust. Instead of turning away, these brave few chose to stand up against Leopold. Adam Hochschild brings life to this largely untold story and, crucially, casts blame on those responsible for this atrocity.
| Author | : Mark Twain |
| Publisher | : LeftWord Books |
| Total Pages | : 98 |
| Release | : 2020-03 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 818749655X |
Dear, dear, when the soft-hearts get hold of thing like that missionary's contribution they completely lose their tranquility they speak profanely and reproach Heaven for allowing such a find to live. Meaning me . They think it irregular. They go shuddering around, brooding over the reduction of that Congo population from 25,000,000 to 15,000,000 in the twenty years of my administration; then they burst out and call me the King with Ten Million Murders on his Soul. They call me a 'record'. - From King Leopold's Soliloquy
| Author | : W. Mulligan |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 263 |
| Release | : 2013-05-23 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 113703260X |
The abolition of slavery across large parts of the world was one of the most significant transformations in the nineteenth century, shaping economies, societies, and political institutions. This book shows how the international context was essential in shaping the abolition of slavery.
| Author | : Felix Lösing |
| Publisher | : Transcript Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 500 |
| Release | : 2020-12 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9783837654981 |
The British and U.S.-American Congo Reform Movement has been praised for its confrontation of colonial atrocities. Its commitment to white supremacy, however, continues to be overlooked. Through a thorough analysis of contemporary sources, Felix Lösing unmasks the colonial and racist formation of the modern human rights discourse.
| Author | : Ira Dworkin |
| Publisher | : UNC Press Books |
| Total Pages | : 469 |
| Release | : 2017-04-27 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1469632721 |
In his 1903 hit "Congo Love Song," James Weldon Johnson recounts a sweet if seemingly generic romance between two young Africans. While the song's title may appear consistent with that narrative, it also invokes the site of King Leopold II of Belgium's brutal colonial regime at a time when African Americans were playing a central role in a growing Congo reform movement. In an era when popular vaudeville music frequently trafficked in racist language and imagery, "Congo Love Song" emerges as one example of the many ways that African American activists, intellectuals, and artists called attention to colonialism in Africa. In this book, Ira Dworkin examines black Americans' long cultural and political engagement with the Congo and its people. Through studies of George Washington Williams, Booker T. Washington, Pauline Hopkins, Langston Hughes, Malcolm X, and other figures, he brings to light a long-standing relationship that challenges familiar presumptions about African American commitments to Africa. Dworkin offers compelling new ways to understand how African American involvement in the Congo has helped shape anticolonialism, black aesthetics, and modern black nationalism.
