British Humanitarianism and the Congo Reform Movement, 1896-1913
| By: | Pavlakis, Dean, Dr |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Print ISBN: | 9781472436474 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781472436498 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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The Congo Free State was under the personal rule of King Leopold II of the Belgians from 1885 to 1908. The accolades that attended its founding were soon contested by accusations of brutality, oppression, and murderous misrule, but the controversy, by itself, proved insufficient to prompt changes. Starting in 1896, concerned men and women used public opinion to influence government policy in Britain and the United States to create space for reforming forces in Belgium itself to pry the Congo from Leopold