History Today, August 1st, 1999
King Leopold's Ghost A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa Adam Hochschild Macmillan 22.50 [pounds sterling] 366pp ISBN 0-333-66126-5 AMONG REGIMES OF TERROR imposed by stronger powers over weaker peoples, the rule of Belgium's King Leopold II in his Congo Free State is a legendary atrocity. At the end of the nineteenth century as European empires scrambled for African territories, Leopold imposed a system of slaughter, slavery, torture and mass murder in his effort to maximise the profits from ivory and wild rubber. Joseph Conrad immortalised these horrors in his Heart of...
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