Arthur Conan Doyle versus M. Woeste about Imperialism

Primary Source Project for Chapter Eleven

Citations

"The Crime of the Congo by Arthur Conan Doyle, selection." ConciseWesternCiv.com. 8 January 2017. <http://www.concisewesternciv.com/sources/acdoyle1.html> (last accessed 14 January, 2018). Originally in A. Conan Doyle. The Crime of the Congo. New York: Doubleday, Page & CompanyPress, 1909, 34-36.
[Full text here: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37712?msg=welcome_stranger]

"Speech to the Belgian Parliament by M. Woeste (20 February 1906)." ConciseWesternCiv.com. 12 January 2018. <concisewesternciv.com/sources/belgie1.html> (last accessed 14 January, 2018). Originally in M. Woeste, “Speech.” Verbatim Report of the Five Days' Congo Debate in the Belgian House of Representatives. Translated E. D. Morel. Liverpool, UK: John Richardson & Sons, Printers, 1906, 73-76.
[Full text here: https://archive.org/details/verbatimreportof00belgiala]

 

Further Links and materials for study

Oliver, Mark. "10 Horrifying Facts About The Genocide In The Congo Free State." Listverse. February 20, 2017. <https://listverse.com/2017/02/20/10-horrifying-facts-about-the-genocide-in-the-congo-free-state/>.

Achberger, Jessica. "Belgian Colonial Education Policy: A Poor Foundation for Stability. Ultimate History. n. d. <http://ultimatehistoryproject.com/>[Go to link to article from homepage].

Gerdziunas, Benas and Georgia Littlechild. "In pictures: Confronting Belgium's colonial past." Politico. 14 August 2017. <https://www.politico.eu/interactive/in-pictures-belgium-congo-colonial-past/>.

Riding, Alan. "Belgium Confronts Its Heart of Darkness; Unsavory Colonial Behavior in the Congo Will be Tackled by a New Study." The New York Times. 21 September 2002. <http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/21/arts/belgium-confronts-its-heart-darkness-unsavory-colonial-behavior-congo-will-be.html>

 

Other Sources:

King Leopold's Solioquy by Mark Twain or here: The American humorist also indicts Leopold of Belgium using an imagined speech by the king.

The General Act of the Congress of Berlin or here: The 1885 agreement established the rules by which Europeans occupied Africa. Note especially the beginning (preamble) through article 6, articles 9-12 and 34 through the end.

"White Man's Burden" by Rudyard Kipling or here: The author of The Jungle Book offers a defense of Western imperialism in racist and cultural terms.