King Leopold's Ghost Book Report

Background: King Leopold’s Ghost this book is talking about Belgium’s king Leopold II and tyranny of his African colonies. For this story it happened in the later 19th century to the 20th century, Belgium’s king Leopold II have huge power to control Congo, he want his country become to more powerful and he want became to more rich , than rough use forced labor in his Congo to create wealth for their personal and country used. Two main aggressos The first five chapters of King Leopold’s Ghost have two main characters that is Henry Morton Stanley and Belgium’s king Leopold II. From this story we can get know, one person was conquered the Congo River and other one was control Congo, they are both
In this process, there are many black people were killed. But Stanley don 't care about them, and even accused them of being lazy. On November 17, 1879, Leopold for his next step. He created a new organization, the international association of the republic of the Congo Congo 's new ruling power. Then, using his army, he instructed Stanley forcing African heads of state signed their land, to give up his new association management authority. Signed more than 450 heads of their land for him, give him a complete trade monopoly. By then, the Congo is a considered to be a deserted land. Leopold, he tried to persuade those powerful country admits his new colony is legal in other powers found the main transport hub. In America, for example, Leopold with his own men in the United States government about his plans and promised they will release in Congo ointment in the South African blacks. Because the freed slaves of stressful society, so in the 1884, the United States people nodding the head and satisfactory Leopold 's wish. Because the freed slaves of stressful society, so in 1884, the United States people nodding the head and satisfactory Leopold 's wish. Leopold using similar techniques to attract other countries to recognize the new colony. However, Leopold no one can tell exactly in Congo. Finally, on May 29, 1885, king named his new, private control
Retired from the army, he moved to two Hayward and Newton theology intuition, a Baptist. Then he moved to Washington, and formed the national black newspaper called cloth. At the age of 30, 1879, he was elected the first black member of Ohio state legislature. But only a year later, he began with his next career, become a writer. In 1889, as a journalist, Williams do go to Belgium with Leopold 's interview. Like anyone else, Williams was fooled Leopold. When asked what Leopold Williams expected return money, he spent in Congo. Leopold answer. “What I do there is done as a Christian duty to poor African” (106) In January 1890, in order to get more information about the Congo, Williams himself went to the Congo. However, he found that in the case of the Congo is completely from what Leopold had said before. He appealed to the Congolese “the Siberia of the African Continent.”(108). So, when he came back, he wrote "open letter" Leopold, described in the case of the Congo. After that, he made a report on the Congo countries, the President of the United States, Arthur, says the United States has a responsibility to do something. In a report to the President of the United States, he was also accused of human-rights abuses Leopold. In addition, he also wrote to the national