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Leopold II : butcher of the Congo / Tod Olson.

By: Publisher: New York : Franklin Watts, an imprint of Scholastinc., 2008Description: 128 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 18 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780531205013
  • 0531205010
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 920 .W636l
Summary: "Leopold Ii was King of the Belgians. But that wasn't enough for his outsized ego. He wanted a colony - and he fount it in Africa, along the Congo River. Leopold said he had the best intentions in the Congo. He wanted to end slavery, open the land to trade, and set up schools. For nearly two decades, the king's lies fooled the world. It would take a heroic effort to uncover the evil secrets of Leopold's Congo. By then million of lives had been ruined." -- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (page 203) and index.

"Leopold Ii was King of the Belgians. But that wasn't enough for his outsized ego. He wanted a colony - and he fount it in Africa, along the Congo River. Leopold said he had the best intentions in the Congo. He wanted to end slavery, open the land to trade, and set up schools. For nearly two decades, the king's lies fooled the world. It would take a heroic effort to uncover the evil secrets of Leopold's Congo. By then million of lives had been ruined." -- Provided by publisher.

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