---
title: 'The Development of Africa'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Samuel Phillips Verner'
date: 1901-11-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Colonization'
- 'History (General)'
- 'Economics, Employment, and Work'
scriptures:
- 'Genesis 1'
- 'Psalms 2'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/verner-1901-the-development-of-africa
---

# The Development of Africa

1901 essay arguing Africa is ripe for European colonization and economic exploitation—rich in resources, strategically vital, with rivers, railways, and cheap labor driving development.

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