Correspondence and Report from His Majesty's Consul at Boma Respecting the Administration of the Independent State of the Congo [and Further Correspondence]
Roger Casement
History
Book language: English
303 pages
A parliamentary report and correspondence by British consul Roger Casement on the administration of the Congo Free State, published in 1904. It collects diplomatic dispatches and testimony about forced labour and violence against Congolese communities. It remains valuable as a historical source on colonial rule and humanitarian protest.
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ACCOUNTS AND PAPERS: SIXTY-FIVE VOLUMES. ——— —(14.)— COLONIES AND BRITISH POSSESSIONS—continued. ——— AFRICA—continued. Session 2 February 1904—15 August 1904. VOL. LXII. 1904. Correspondence relating to the Recruitment of Labour in the British Central Africa Protectorate for Employment in the Transvaal. [In continuation of “Africa No 2 (1903).”] Presented to both Houses of Parliament by His Majesty’s Command. March 1904. LONDON: PRINTED BY HARRISON AND SONS
AFRICA. No. 1 (1904).
CORRESPONDENCE
AND
REPORT FROM HIS MAJESTY’S CONSUL AT BOMA
RESPECTING THE
ADMINISTRATION
OF THE
INDEPENDENT STATE OF THE CONGO.
Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of His Majesty.
February 1904.
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR HIS MAJESTY’S STATIONERY OFFICE,
BY HARRISON AND SONS, ST. MARTIN’S LANE,
PRINTERS IN ORDINARY TO HIS MAJESTY.
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