George Washington Williams: The Black American Who Exposed King Leopold II’s Reign of Terror in the Congo
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In 1890, a Black American travelled deep into Central Africa expecting to witness one of Europe’s great civilizing projects. Instead, he encountered forced labour, violence and terror that would become one of the greatest scandals of European colonialism. His name was George Washington Williams, a soldier, politician, historian and journalist who became one of the […]
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