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Cookie akzeptierenEdmund Dene Morel
Red Rubber
- Pantianos Classics
- 1906
- Taschenbuch
- 180 Seiten
- ISBN 9781789872903
The terrifying reign of Leopold II, King of Belgium, was marked by atrocities in the Congo - murder, enslavement and violence was used in pursuit of raw rubber. Following advances in industry, rubber became a valuable commodity - at first, the Congolese thought this new trade would bring prosperity to their country. Instead, what ensued was murderous and exploitative barbarity of a scale never seen in Africa. Between 1890 and 1910, the Belgian forces occupying the Congo in Africa perpetrated horrific atrocities against the indigenous population. King Leopold II had brought Congo directly under his control. He permitted his soldiers to commit mass murder and enslavement,
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