Roger Casement

Imperialism is the extension of a nation’s power over other lands through colonization and imposition of European customs and commerce. Today, many are aware only of the period of “new imperialism,” which took place during the late nineteenth century. Nonetheless, at this time, imperialism was neither a new or unfamiliar concept. In fact, by the sixteenth century, Europeans had set up colonies and trading posts in areas like North America, South America, and Africa. New imperialism was much…

second of Belgium. King Leopold used many tricks and twisted stories to snatch up undocumented territory in africa before it was all gone. Many other notable figures were involved such as Henry Morton Stanley (John Rowlands), Edmund Dene Morel, Roger Casement, William Sheppard, George washington williams, and many others. King Leopold’s Ghost explores topics such as social class, manipulation, slavery, religion, and wealth in order to enrich your knowledge of what really happened in the Belgian…

provides a far richer cast of characters than any novelist could invent. Chief among them is Edmund Morel, a young British shipping agent who went on to lead the international crusade against Leopold. Another hero of this tale, the Irish patriot Roger Casement, ended his life on a London gallows. Two courageous black Americans, George Washington Williams and William Sheppard, risked much to bring evidence of the Congo atrocities to the outside world. Sailing into the middle of the story was a…

Formally, the Irish Volunteer’s leadership consisted of individuals like Eoin MacNeill, Bulmer Hobson and Roger Casement. However, an informal but substantial degree of authority was exercised by members of the IRB who had helped to establish and control the Irish Volunteers for their own purposes. The leadership of the Irish Volunteers had never made it very clear…

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…