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Leopold II of Belgium - Writings about Leopold | | Leopold II of Belgium - Writings about Leopold: Encyclopedia II - Leopold II of Belgium - Writings about Leopold | | Many prominent writers of the time took part in international condemnation of Leopold II's exploitation of the Congo, including Arthur Conan Doyle, Booker T. Washington, and those mentioned below.
The American mystic poet Vachel Lindsay wrote: "Listen to the yell of Leopold's ghost / Burning in Hell for his hand-maimed host / Hear how the demons chuckle and yell / Cutting his hands off, down in Hell."
King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild describes the hi ...
See also:Leopold II of Belgium, Leopold II of Belgium - Biography, Leopold II of Belgium - Private colonialism, Leopold II of Belgium - Leopold and the Belgians, Leopold II of Belgium - Writings about Leopold, Leopold II of Belgium - More references, Leopold II of Belgium - Miscellaneous | | | Leopold II of Belgium, Leopold II of Belgium - Biography, Leopold II of Belgium - Leopold and the Belgians, Leopold II of Belgium - Miscellaneous, Leopold II of Belgium - More references, Leopold II of Belgium - Private colonialism, Leopold II of Belgium - Writings about Leopold | | |
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Leopold II of Belgium - Writings about Leopold
Many prominent writers of the time took part in international condemnation of Leopold II's exploitation of the Congo, including Arthur Conan Doyle, Booker T. Washington, and those mentioned below.
The American mystic poet Vachel Lindsay wrote: "Listen to the yell of Leopold's ghost / Burning in Hell for his hand-maimed host / Hear how the demons chuckle and yell / Cutting his hands off, down in Hell."
King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild describes the history and brutality of King Leopold's rule in the Belgian Congo.
King Leopold's Belgian Congo was described as a colonial regime of slave labor, rape and mutilation in Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness.
Mark Twain wrote a biting sarcastic political satire, King Leopold's Soliloquy.
Leopold II of Belgium - More references
- Neal Ascherson: The King Incorporated, Allen & Unwin, 1963. ISBN 1-86207-290-6 (1999 Granta edition).
- Mass crimes against humanity in the Congo Free State
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