World History
King Leopold's Soliloquy - Mark Twain's pamphlet condemning King Leopold of Belgium for his brutal rule of the Congo, published in 1905 by the American Congo Reform Association.
From the site:
Mark Twain wrote King Leopold's Soliloquy soon after Edmund Dene Morel of the English Congo Reform Association visited him in New York in October of 1904 to ask for his help in mobilizing support for an American branch of the organization. The essay was completed by February of 1905 and submitted to Harper & Brothers for publication.
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- History Of Democratic Republic Of Congo
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World History
King Leopold's Soliloquy
King Leopold's Soliloquy - Mark Twain's pamphlet condemning King Leopold of Belgium for his brutal rule of the Congo, published in 1905 by the American Congo Reform Association.
From the site:
Mark Twain wrote King Leopold's Soliloquy soon after Edmund Dene Morel of the English Congo Reform Association visited him in New York in October of 1904 to ask for his help in mobilizing support for an American branch of the organization. The essay was completed by February of 1905 and submitted to Harper & Brothers for publication.
- Luba-lunda
Luba-LundaThe Luba-Lunda states, in what is now the southeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Central Africa, were a network of kingdoms that lasted from the 15th to the 19th centuries c.e. The Luba culture had emerged a millennium earlier,...
- The Third Battle Of 1066
The Third Battle of 1066. This is an article by Guy Schofield that was published in the October 1966 issue of History Today. It deals with the Battle of Fulford and how it may have impacted other events during the Norman Conquest in 1066. This article...
- Nineteenth-century American Children And What They Read
Nineteenth-Century American Children and What They Read - A site devoted to the magazines and books read by 19th-century American children, especially works published before 1870. Includes timeline, books and authors, papers and analyses, and images....
- History Of Democratic Republic Of Congo
History of Democratic Republic of Congo. This is a short but helpful history to the African nation formerly known as Zaire. From the site: The area known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo was populated as early as 10,000 years ago and settled in...
- History Of Angola
History of Angola This is a brief but well done history of Angola. From the site: In 1482, when the Portuguese first landed in what is now northern Angola, they encountered the Kingdom of the Congo, which stretched from modern Gabon in the north...