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King Leopold's soliloquy

  • Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
1970
Mark Twain's 1905 pamphlet, in the form of a monologue, detailing atrocities committed under the Belgian King's personal ownership of the Congo.

Leopold II

butcher of the Congo
  • Olson, Tod
2008
Explores how Leopold II, King of the Belgians, exploited the people of Africa by founding a colony along the Congo River, where he used the African people as slaves.
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