BRACERS Record Detail for 23147
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Collection code
RA1
Class no.
720
Box no.
6.05
Recipient(s)
de Mot, Robert
Sender(s)
BR
Date
1959/03/14
Form of letter
TL(CAR)
Pieces
1
BR's address code (if sender)
PP
Notes and topics
"It was not Belgium that was to blame for atrocities in the Congo, but King Leopold II personally. As a result of his misrule, the Congo was placed under Belgium and not under him. So far as I know, the atrocities then ceased. You will find something about Leopold's rule in the Congo in my book Freedom and Organization (pp. 450-6) but if you want to know more, you should read E.D. Morel's Red Robber [sic for Rubber] (published in 1906) and The Black Man's Burden (1920)."
Record no.
23147
Record created
Dec 03, 2000
Record last modified
Feb 23, 2015
Created/last modified by
duncana
