HIAF 111 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12-14: Congo Reform Association, Roger Casement
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Hiaf 111 textbook notes king leopold"s ghost, chapters 12-14. Chapter 12: david and goliath: before morel, people didn"t really know about the exploitation in the congo, williams discredited. Journalists just praised the congo: missionaries didn"t have media or political influence, humanitarian societies were dismissed as being old-fashioned and always complaining about everything. Letters and photographs from missionaries: they had their own mail carriers, so the censorship office couldn"t get to them. Leopold sent someone to try to bribe morel and get him to stop talking, but he refused. Lobbied to get a resolution passed in the house of commons condemning leopold"s actions and saying the congo needed a humane government. Leopold worried since britain was a superpower and held most of the colonial control in africa, but his rule remained in place. Chapter 14: to flood his deeds with day: used images of prominent figures that supported the cause on congo reform association monthly publications.
