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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;midas1, post: 4611087, member: 21309&quot;]I would rephrase the question - how could he not know.</p><p>The BC was his creation and all activities were excruciatingly documented from the very beginning.&nbsp; Do you think he did not read the documentation of his creation?&nbsp; Do you think he was unintelligent, naive, easily fooled, a dolt?&nbsp; I think not.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;. . .&nbsp; The documentation was not easy to come by; the furnaces of the palace in Brussels are said to have spent more than a week burning incriminating papers before Leopold turned over his private Congo to the Belgian nation. For many years Belgian authorities prevented access to what remained of the archives, notably the accounts given by Congolese to the King&#039;s Commission. . &quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>King Leopold&#039;s Ghost, Hochschild</p><p>Finalist for the 1998 National <b>Book</b> Critics Circle <b>Award</b>, Mark Lynton History Prize,&nbsp; J. Anthony Lukas <b>award</b> in the United States, and the Duff Cooper <b>Prize</b> in England.</p><p><br /></p><p>I may have to add rereading King Leopold&#039;s Ghost to my reading list.</p><p>Also, King Leopold&#039;s Ghost documentary on Amazon Prime is recommended,</p><p><br /></p><p>From The Congo by&nbsp; Vachel Lindsay</p><p><br /></p><p>Listen to the yell of Leopold&#039;s ghost,</p><p>Burning in Hell for his hand-maimed host.</p><p>Hear how the demons chuckle and yell,</p><p>Cutting his hands off, down in Hell.</p><p>Listen to the yell of Leopold&#039;s ghost,</p><p>Burning in Hell for his hand-maimed host.</p><p>Hear how the demons chuckle and yell,</p><p>Cutting his hands off, down in Hell.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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