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    source of resources for centuries before King Leopold II in the way of slavery. Africa had also been a sight of exploration, however these explorations often failed due to the unique terrain of Africa and the disease that live there. Yet, In the Book King Leopold’s Ghost, Adam Hochschild tells of how King Leopold II looked to the Congo as his source of increasing power. Exploration and colonization had been huge ventures the past few centuries leading up to Leopold’s life and when it came his…

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    of decolonization during the mid 1940’s to 1970’s brought about a lasting effect on global politics, causing deep economic issues for some countries and providing freedom for others. By carefully analyzing different literary sources such as King Leopold’s Ghost, by Atom Hochschild, and the interviews form Anit-Imperialist Nationalism, we are able to find evidence of Western empire’s rule over the world before decolonization and after. Exploring ideas and notions of nationalism and the foundation…

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    King’s Leopold’s Ghost was published in September 1998, by Adam Hochschild. Adam was born in 1942 and is a historical writer known for King Leopold's Ghost along with Slaves to Fortune: A Way Forward. I have just read King Leopold’s Ghost and it is approximately 318 pages long, but extends to 376 with notes and works cited. King Leopold’s Ghost, is focused mainly in the Congo of Africa, in the late 1800’s, it is focused around King Leopold II, the king of Belgium, and his desire to create a…

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    such disaster was the exploitation of the Congo by King Leopold II of Belgium in the late 1800s and 1900s. In colonial Africa, the people of the Congo were subjected to personal greed, terror, and a few acts of heroism from specific individuals. The book, King Leopold’s Ghost, written by Adam Hochschild brought this neglected historical event of the African people to life. The individual that started the terror that occurred in the Congo was King Leopold II of Belgium. Leopold was known…

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    This quote best exemplifies the ideology that enabled King Leopold the Second to exploit and destroy an area seventy-six times larger than Belgium itself.1 He did what no other man or country could have fathomed of doing at the time,. The origins of greed and his constant manipulation of perception created one of the most deadly periods of time in not just African history, but in world history. It is through the novel “King Leopold’s Ghost” that a modern…

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    yet many of us have never even heard of King Leopold II. Leopold was the king of Belgium from 1865-1909. In Belgium, his reign was seen as one that brought great riches to his country, and one filled with good deeds to the Congolese people. However the exact opposite is true. King Leopold II did bring mass amounts of money to Belgium, but at one of the greatest human costs the world has ever seen. According to Adam Hochschild’s book, King Leopold’s Ghost, more than 10 million indigenous people…

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    The author of King Leopold’s Ghost is Adam Hochfeld. In the book he describes being disappointed by the lack of interest by publishers to release his book. This was caused by the apparent lack of interest for African history among americans. This was until Mariner Books, a division of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, published it because (according to Hochfield) they had “more faith in reader’s ability to see connections between Leopold’s Congo and today” (Hochfield,309). He wrote his book in hopes to…

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    Imperialism builds an empire. Europe being a powerful nation expands onto less powerful nations to benefit their own colonial expansion. Looking at The Tools of Empire by Headrick and King Leopold’s Ghost by Hochschild; both are very informative of the interest about European imperialism in the nineteenth century, but are written very differently. Hochschild focuses on people in his text. There are very important characters in the text,such as Stanley, Leopold, William Sheppard, Morel, and etc…

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    King Leopold Propaganda

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    1. I think King Leopold was able to achieve hiding the horrific practices that he put the people of the Congo through by instilling the false perception that he was bettering the lives of the Congolese people. This false perception that occurred through King Leopold's Propaganda helped him hide his vindictive agenda because it prevented people from further investigating “The Congo Free State”. Due to the lack of investigation, King Leopold was able to continue to prosper off rubber and…

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    Belgian Imperialism

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    Central Africa, 1885. The Congo is the personal property of King Leopold II. After the invention of inflatable bike tires, rubber becomes a commodity. The Belgian Congo has the potential to produce millions of tons of rubber a year, and no special cultivation techniques or tools are needed to harvest rubber -only human labor is required. This leads to a multitude of backdoor dealings and atrocities committed in the pursuit of profit and industry. European intervention and Imperialism had a…

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