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The Crime of the Congo

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .Dutch, English and French. Some of the loudest protests against the new order may be taken from Belgian sources. Everywhere, in flagrant disregard of the Treaty of Berlin, the State proclaimed itself to be the sole landlord and the sole trader. In some cases it worked its own so-called property, in other cases it leased it. Even those who had striven to help King Leopold in the earlier stages of his enterprise were thrown overboard. Major Parminter, himself engaged in trade upon the Congo, sums up the situation in 1902 as follows: “To sum up, the application of the new decrees of the Government signifies this: that the State considers as its private property the whole of the Congo Basin, excepting the sites of the natives’ villages and gardens. It decrees that all the products of this immense region are its private property, and it monopolizes the trade in them. As regards the primitive proprietors, the native tribes, they are dispossessed by a simple circular. . . Read More

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5.00
- John - Jul 23, 2021

Unbelievable cruelty on behalf of the Belgians toward the native people

This book is a compelling read, every chid in Belgium should be encouraged to read this book, it makes you react with disgust that one ruthless monarch would be driven by greed toward a native people, and still call himself a Ch

4.00
- R. - Mar 23, 2019

Its a powerful and thorough investigation into the crimes committed during the colonisation of the Congo.

Its graphic in recounting the many, many crimes committed in the quest for high dividends on rubber sales on the world market.

"a large part (nearly half) of the Congo Reply (notes sur le rapport

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- Luis - Jul 15, 2017

This work is truly an insightful narrative to the times of imperialism and the effect such conquests had upon the developing world. It is riveting and straight to the point. It considers the reputations of those nations that partook and ignored the occurrences of the Congo and unapologetically assig

4.00
- Anne-marie - Jan 18, 2011

A really great book. Old and of it's time but shocking to hear how he negatively compares the rights of the Congolese to the far superior rights (as he sees them) of Black South Africans amongst others. It's hard not to be ashamed after reading this book.

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