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title: 'The Misgovernment of the Congo Free State'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'William McCutchan Morrison'
date: 1903-07-09
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Colonization'
- 'Foreign Missions'
scriptures:
- 'Amos 5'
- 'Isaiah 10'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/morrison-1903-the-misgovernment-of-the-congo-free-state
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# The Misgovernment of the Congo Free State

Missionary W.M. Morrison documents King Leopold II's misgovernment of the Congo Free State: land seizures, monopolies, forced labor and brutalities masked as 'civilizing' efforts.

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