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4.28 AVERAGE
4.28 AVERAGE
dark
informative
medium-paced
Hochschild lays out in detail the history first of the shady dealings King Leopold II used to become Suzerain of the Congo Free state and then the horrific abuses carried out there. It is made abundantly clear that from the beginning Leopold intended to extract every cent possible from the Congo with no regard to the human suffering it would cause. Slavery, mutilation, mass rape and approximately 10 million dead.
Hochschild also focuses on the efforts to expose these atrocities from figures such as George Washington Williams, William Henry Shepard, Roger Casement & ED Morel, and on the mixed legacy of those efforts.
Hochschild also focuses on the efforts to expose these atrocities from figures such as George Washington Williams, William Henry Shepard, Roger Casement & ED Morel, and on the mixed legacy of those efforts.
challenging
dark
informative
medium-paced
challenging
dark
informative
challenging
dark
informative
slow-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
It was harrowing, as expected, but not without stories of courage and defiance. It had been in my to-read pile for ages and I'm very glad I've read it, it's a history that deserves to be known and remembered especially because of how hard people want to forget
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail
challenging
dark
informative
slow-paced
dark
informative
reflective
tense
medium-paced
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
dark
informative
reflective