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17 de oct. de 2022 · King Leopold's soliloquy : a defense of his Congo rule Bookreader Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Share to Twitter. Share to Facebook. Share to Reddit. Share to Tumblr. Share to Pinterest ... Léopold II, King of the Belgians, 1835-1909, Atrocities -- Congo ...
This book is the Portuguese translation of King Leopold's Soliloquy, Mark Twain's political intervention denouncing the atrocities of Belgian king Leopold II rule in the Congo. It is written as a soliloquy by the king, trying to defend himself of the accusations of the gross criminal violence and inhumanity of his rule in that vast region of Central Africa.
Appears in 6 books from 1905-1969. Page 47 - the native must go one or two days' march every fortnight, until he arrives at that part of the forest where the rubber vines can be met with in a certain degree of abundance. There the collector passes a . Appears in 6 books from 1905-2001. Page 21 - It is true, you have killed men.'.
22 de dic. de 2020 · King Leopold's Soliloquy-A Defense of his Congo Rule (1905), by Mark Twain is an imaginary speech by King Leopold II of Belgium (1835-1909), in which Leopold defends himself against the critics of his reign of the Congo Free State (present-day Democratic Republic of Congo.) During Leopold's reign of plunder, he extracted ivory and rubber from ...
King Leopold’s Soliloquy – Mark Twain. $ 9.99. King Leopold’s Soliloquy is Mark Twain at his best. Originally published in 1905 as a pamphlet, this book ostensibly recounts the fictional monologue of Belgian King Leopold II speaking in his defense of the horrific colonial reign over the Congo Free State, which left tens of millions dead.
6 de feb. de 2014 · This book was Mark Twain's way of critiquing a genocidal man (King Leopold of Belgium) who was never fully held to account by anyone but Twain. It describes the Free State of Congo (1885-1908) in a devastatingly accurate way while mocking King Leopold's justifications for its existence.
4 de oct. de 2012 · LibriVox recording of Anti-imperialist writings, by Mark Twain. Read by John Greenman.Creative Commons license: Public Domain Mark 1.0Image: http://commons.w...
