Thesis : " To see Africa instead as as a Continent of coherent societies, each with its own culture and history, took a leap of empathy, a leap that few, if any, of early Europeans or American visitors to the Congo were able to make." ( pg. 101)
1. " For nearly three centuries Africa has been robbed of her sable sons...... The Negro of this country can turn to his Saxton Brothers." (pg 102)
2. " " Every possible influence was exerted to turn me aside from my mission. An officer of the Kings household dispatched to me for the purpose of visiting the Congo." ( pg. 107)
3. leopold clealry saw that the way to charm this particular visitor was to offer a sympathetic ear to his projects, for in the same article Williams reported that the King " proved himself a good listener" ( pg. 106)
4. " Leopold's establishment of military bases along the river had caused a wave of death and destruction, because the african soldiers who manned them were expected to feed themselves". ( pg.110)
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