The Congo Free State under King Leopold II saw severed hands, rubber quotas, and genocide, Belgian colonialism's darkest ...

Object Details author Edgerton, Robert B. 1931- Notes AFA copy 39088019765122 gift from Janet Stanley. Contents The land beyond obscurity and darkness -- Exploring the Congo -- Conquering the Congo -- ...

Due to his long service in the Belgian Congo, George McKee received the Belgian Award and Knight of Leopold II. In 1973, he was honored as Arkansas College's Distinguished Alumnus. Elsie McKee died in ...

Five decades after it ended its reign as a feared ruler in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Belgium is still coming to terms with its shady past and cannot quite decide whether to embrace or ...