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In 1909 Conan Doyle, fueled by “a burning indignation, which is the best of all driving power”, wrote a book in only eight days. In "The Crime of the Congo", Doyle documents the atrocities committed in the Congo Free State, the personal possession of Leopold II of Belgium. Thousands of native Africans were forced to labor on rubber plantations for the benefit of their colonial overlords. The abuses of the Congo Free State, and worldwide denunciations when they came to light, were instrumental in the Belgian government assuming responsibility of the territory, and renaming it the Belgian Congo.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is best known as the creator of fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, but he was also a physician, humanitarian, and successful non-fiction writer capable to write documented essential reports such as "The Crime of the Congo".
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GenreHistory, Politics and Government, Young Adult
Length5 hrs 39 mins
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Publish dateApr 2, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Preface
2Introduction
31. How The Congo Free State Came To Be Founded
42. The Development Of The Congo State
53. The Working Of The System
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64. First Fruits Of The System
75. Further Fruits Of The System
86. Voices From The Darkness
97. Consul Roger Casement’s Report
108. King Leopold’s Commission And Its Report
119. The Congo After The Commission
1210. Some Catholic Testimony As To The Congo
1311. The Evidence Up To Date
1412. The Political Situation
1513. Some Congolese Apologies
16Appendix - 14. Solutions
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