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slowline rated King Leopold's ghost : a story of greed, terror, and heroism in Colonial Africa: 4 stars

  • Aug. 17, 2018
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Adam Hochschild: King Leopold's ghost : a story of greed, terror, and heroism in Colonial Africa

King Leopold's ghost : a story of greed, terror, and heroism in Colonial Africa by Adam Hochschild

In the 1880s, as the European powers were carving up Africa, King Leopold II of Belgium seized for himself the …

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