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British Humanitarianism and the Congo Reform Movement, 1896-1913 (Hardcover, New Ed)
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British Humanitarianism and the Congo Reform Movement, 1896-1913 (Hardcover, New Ed)
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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's grasp and
implement reforms. Examining key factors in the successes and
failures of a pivotal movement that aided the colonized people of
the Congo and broadened the idea of human rights, British
Humanitarianism and the Congo Reform Movement provides a valuable
update to scholarship on the history of humanitarianism in Africa.
The Congo Reform movement built on the institutional experience of
overseas humanitarianism, the energy of evangelical political
involvement, and innovations in racial, imperial, and nationalist
discourse to create political energy. Often portrayed as the
efforts of a few key people, especially E.D. Morel, this book
demonstrates that the movement increasingly manifested itself as an
institutionalized and transnational campaign with support from key
government officials that ultimately made a material difference to
the lives of the people of the Congo.
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