Person
Henry Morton Stanley
Explorer and journalist who worked for Leopold II in the Congo.
- Dates
- 1841–1904
- Wikidata
- Q171421
Connections 2
worked at
- International Association of the Congo Explorer Scholarship & press 1
appears in
- Report of the Commission of Inquiry (1905) cited on the fall in population Primary record 2
Timeline 1 date
- 1841–1904 Henry Morton Stanley
Proof 2 sources
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The Story of the Congo Free State, by Henry Wellington Wack (a book friendly to the Free State; it prints the King's speech and letters in full), G. P. Putnam's Sons (Project Gutenberg), 1905.
Scholarship & press
Stanley the man was working in the interests of King Leopold, travelling through the Congo country, buying land here and there, establishing stations, and making treaties in the King’s name with native chiefs.
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The Congo: a report of the Commission of Enquiry appointed by the Congo Free State government (English translation, 1906), Commission of Enquiry of the Congo Free State, translated by G. P. Putnam's Sons (Project Gutenberg), 30 Oct 1905.
Primary record
if the word of Stanley is accepted, it is certain that a large part of the population has disappeared
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