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5 giorni fa · He published a satirical pamphlet, "King Leopold's Soliloquy", in 1905 about King Leopold II of Belgium's abuses of human rights in the Congo. Twain earned a great deal of money from his writing and lectures, but invested in ventures that lost most of it, such as the Paige Compositor , a mechanical typesetter that failed because of its complexity and imprecision.
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2 giorni fa · Things accelerated once American opinion mobilised, helped along by Mark Twain publishing King Leopold’s Soliloquy. In 1908 the king would be obliged to transfer the Congo to the Belgian state — which meant supervision — while Casement would be decorated for his efforts. In the meantime he increasingly despaired of his employers.
2 giorni fa · Credit: Creative Commons. On this day, 18 November 1889, King Leopold II organised an anti-slavery conference in Brussels. Rather than being a key moment for abolitionism in Europe, it helped secure the 'Scramble for Africa'. Throughout the 19th century, the anti-slave trade movement was in full swing in Europe.
2 giorni fa · Ulysses is a modernist novel by the Irish writer James Joyce. Parts of it were first serialized in the American journal The Little Review from March 1918 to December 1920, and the entire work was published in Paris by Sylvia Beach on 2 February 1922, Joyce's fortieth birthday. It is considered one of the most important works of modernist ...
2 giorni fa · On this day, 21 July 1831, Leopold I arrived in Brussels to be crowned the first monarch of Belgium. At a ceremony at the Place Royale, the young prince swore allegiance to a new Belgian constitution written by the national congress.
4 giorni fa · The video delves into Unit 6, an intense section full of racism and suffering, focusing on King Leopold II of Belgium's brutal reign over the Congo as a prime example of greed and exploitation. The atrocities committed in the Congo, such as mutilation and killings, led to international condemnation and calls for justice from figures ...
1 giorno fa · He visited Italy in 1938, meeting King Victor Emmanuel III and dictator Benito Mussolini. He went on a trip to Poland where he met Polish officials half a year before the country was invaded by Germany and the Soviet Union .
