The Crime of the Congo
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Author : Arthur Conan Doyle
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Page : 151 pages
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Release : 2022-07-20
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This is not a Sherlock Holmes mystery but a factual account of the atrocities committed in the Congo Free State (the personal possession of King Leopold II of Belgium). Conan Doyle writes with great passion about the abusive treatment of thousands of African workers; men, women and children, who were forced to collect rubber and latex from the colonial plantations.
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Author : Arthur Conan Doyle
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Page : 152 pages
File Size : 46,79 MB
Release : 1909
Category : Belgium
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Author : Arthur Conan Doyle
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Page : 148 pages
File Size : 18,12 MB
Release : 2016-11-23
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The book was intended as an expos� of the situation in the so-called Congo Free State (labelled a "rubber regime" by Conan Doyle), an area occupied and designated as the personal property of Leopold II of Belgium and where the serious human rights abuses were occurring. Indigenous people in the region were being brutally exploited and tortured, particularly in the lucrative rubber trade. In the introduction to The Crime of the Congo Conan Doyle wrote: "I am convinced that the reason why public opinion has not been more sensitive upon the question of the Congo Free State is that the terrible story has not been brought thoroughly home to the people", a situation he intended to rectify. Conan Doyle was "strongly of the opinion" that the crimes committed on the Congo were "the greatest to be ever known",and he lauded the work of the Congo Reform Association. Conan Doyle was dismissive of the annexation of the state by Belgium, a situation intended to end the personal rule of the King. Conan Doyle noted that slavery and ivory poaching continued to occur after annexation and that "The Congo State was founded by the Belgian King, and exploited by Belgian capital, Belgian soldiers and Belgian concessionnaires. It was defended and upheld by successive Belgian Governments, who did all they could to discourage the Reformers".
Author : Doyle A.C.
Publisher : Рипол Классик
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,32 MB
Release : 1909
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 5521071857
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 – 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. “The Crime of the Congo” is a book intended to expose the situation of serious human rights abuses in the Congo Free State, personal property of the King of the Belgians, Leopold II. This exposure includes many cases of violations, including a serious excess of authority, slavery, and tortures.
Author : A. Conan Doyle
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 11,89 MB
Release : 2020-07-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 375233018X
Reproduction of the original: The Crime of the Congo by A. Conan Doyle
Author : Adam Hochschild
Publisher : Picador
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 24,74 MB
Release : 2019-05-14
Category : 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 : Aviva Briefel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 39,62 MB
Release : 2015-09-16
Category : History
ISBN : 1107116589
A fascinating study that explores the power of the racially identified hand as a narrative symbol in Victorian literature and culture.
Author : Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Page : 112 pages
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Release : 2020-04-08
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The Crime of the Congo is a 1909 book by British writer and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, about human rights abuses in the Congo Free State, a private state established and controlled by the King of the Belgians, Leopold II.