Leopold's Empire
Who was Leopold's main man in the Congo?
Stanley
(AKA Stan the man)
Who was the accountant who realized what was happening in the Congo?
Edmund Dene Morel
Who were the main group of bystanders in the Congo?
Missionaries
Name some technological advances that made conquering the Congo easier
Better weapons
Medicine like quinine
Steamboats and the railway
Other
Who was the first African American missionary in the Congo?
William Sheppard
What company did Morel work for that was supplying the Congo with weapons?
The Elder Dempster shipping company
Name the army in the Congo
The Force Publique
What did Morel discover about the Congo?
That mainly weapons were being sent to the Congo
That someone was skimming profits off the top
That there was no rubber "trade." People were being enslaved. (Pg.180)
Who was the slave trader who did business with Leopold?
Tippu Tippu
What did Leopold create as a cover for his operations in Africa?
A cover organization called "the International Association of the Congo." (pg 65)
Who was the Swedish missionary who published a "detailed account on the Congo's rubber terror"?
EV SJöblom (Pg 173)
How did soldiers prove they had not "wasted" any bullets?
By cutting a hand off the body. (pg 165)
Name the man who was secretary of the Aborigines Protection Society & opposed Leopold
H.R. Fox Bourne (pg 173)