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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, General Research and Reference Division
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Edmund Dene Morel, King Leopold’s Rule in Africa (New York: Funk and Wagnalls, 1905)
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| Prisoners in the Congo Free State |
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The Congo Free State-which was the size of England, France, Germany, Spain, and Italy combined and which was the private domain of King Leopold II of Belgium until 1908-experienced arguably the worst excesses of colonialism. It is estimated that up to ten million people died as a result of "pacification," forced labor, portage, indiscriminate slaughter, and slavery-like conditions.
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| Image ID: | 1104182 |
Title: | Native Prisoners at Boma taking the air. |
Source: | King Leopold's rule in Africa. |
Name: | Morel, E. D. () - Author |
Published: | 1905 |
Location: | General Research and Reference Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture |
Subjects: | Boma (Bas-Fleuve, Congo) |
| Colonization |
| Congo Free State |
| Léopold II, King of the Belgians, 1835-1909 |
| Physical restraints |
| Prisoners |
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Keywords: | Belgium |
| Congo Free State |
| Men - Africa |
| Prisoners - Congo Free State |
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