"Leopold's Congo state is guilty of crimes against humanity."
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George Washington Williams, Open letter to U.S secretary of state James G. Blaine, 1890
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George Washington Williams
George Washington Williams (October 16, 1849 β August 2, 1891) was a soldier in the American Civil War and in Mexico before becoming a Baptist minister, politician, lawyer, journalist, and writer on African-American history.
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