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1st Edition

African Testimony in the Movement for Congo Reform The Burden of Proof

By Robert Burroughs Copyright 2019

200 Pages

by Routledge

200 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

200 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

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Description

The humanitarian movement against Leopold’s violent colonisation of the Congo emerged out of Europe, but it depended at every turn on African input. Individuals and groups from throughout the upper Congo River basin undertook journeys of daring and self-sacrifice to provide evidence of atrocities for the colonial authorities, missionaries, and international investigators. Combining archive... Read more

Table of Contents

List of Figures

Acknowledgements

Note on Place Names

Map

Introduction: The Burden of Proof

1. Humanitarianism and Diplomacy: West African Migrants in the Congo Free State (c.1890–1903)

2. Behind the Casement Report (1903–4): Guides, Interpreters, and Interviewees

3. Before the Commission of Inquiry (1904–5): Travellers and Testifiers

4. The Silencing of Witnesses: The Stannard Trial (1906) and the Sheppard Trial (1909)

5. ‘Bringing hands to the English’: Injured Bodies as Evidence

Conclusion: A Humanitarian History from Below

Bibliography

Index

Author(s)

Biography

Robert Burroughs is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Cultural Studies and Humanities, Leeds Beckett University, UK.

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