King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
Read Between The Lines · Adam Hochschild
November 26, 202525m 7s
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Show Notes
Behind the mask of a great humanitarian, King Leopold II of Belgium concealed a monstrous secret. He seized the vast Congo territory as his personal property, unleashing a reign of terror to harvest its rubber and ivory. This hidden holocaust, driven by pure greed, cost millions of lives. King Leopold’s Ghost is the gripping, forgotten story of this atrocity and the unlikely band of heroes—missionaries, journalists, and a shipping clerk—who defied a king and sparked one of the world's first great human rights movements.
Topics
King Leopold IICongo Free StateBelgian colonialismAtrocitiesHuman rights movementRubber tradeForced laborGenocideImperialismScramble for AfricaEdmund Dene MorelRoger CasementPropagandaHistorical amnesiaCrimes against humanity