"By blowing up the isolated facts, the British sought to cover up their territorial greed under the guise of philanthropy."
— Congo Free State

January 1, 1970

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All the King's Men' A search for the colonial ideas of some advisers and "accomplices" of Leopold II (1853-1892). (Hannes Vanhauwaert), 9. Boycott! The story of Edmond Stanislas van Eetvelde (1852-1925) A chaotic and multifaceted colonial career after 1890 Van Eetvelde in an interview in 1897, Edmond van Eetvelde initially saw the many campaigns in the British press highlighting the horror of the Leopoldian regime as an attack on the Congo Free State to discredit it. STENGERS, J. “Eetvelde (Van)