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In 1887 i spend several months on the upper Congo, and i traveled…
Quote byRoger Casement · 1864–1916
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: King Leopold's ghost. Dispatch 32' to the British foreign office, 1903.
English (original)
In 1887 i spend several months on the upper Congo, and i traveled over some of the grounds i now revisit in the absence of 10 years, the country was thickly populated, frequent and populous towns, but many of the inhabitants have been killed by the government, man and woman.
— Roger Casement
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