Late 19th Century
A Brussels Clerk's Night Reading Doomed the Congo
A young postal worker's after-hours reading sparked the most systematic slaughter in African history.
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Download on the App StoreBelgian CongoKing Leopold IIAfrican ColonialismRubber TradeIndustrial RevolutionResource ExtractionGenocideCentral Africa19th CenturyEuropean ImperialismHenry Morton StanleyLéon Rom
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