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Title

The story of the Congo Free State : social, political, and economic aspects of the Belgian system of government in Central Africa / by Henry Wellington Wack, F.R.G.S. (member of the New York Bar) ; with 125 illustrations and maps.

Author

Wack, Henry Wellington, 1869-1954

Publication

• New York ; and London : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1905.
• New York : The Knickerbocker Press, 1905.
• ©1905.

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Additional Authors

• G.P. Putnam's Sons, publisher.
• Knickerbocker Press, printer.

Description

xv, 634 pages, [104] leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations, maps (1 color), portraits; 23 cm

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Subject

• Congo (Democratic Republic)
• Congo (Democratic Republic) > History
• Congo (Democratic Republic) > Politics and government
• Congo (Democratic Republic) > Economic conditions
• Congo (Democratic Republic) > Social conditions
• Belgium > Colonies > Administration. > Africa

Note

• Title page in black and red.
• "Copyright, 1905 by Henry Wellington Wack."--verso of title page.
• "The Knickerbocker Press, New York."--printer statement, verso of title page.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Provenance (note)

• is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Contents

Preface -- ch. 1. Genesis of Mid-African civilization -- ch. 2. Stanley and King Leopold II's conception of the Congo Free State -- ch. 3. Founding the Congo Free State -- ch. 4. Early Belgian expeditions -- ch. 5. The waterways of the Congo -- ch. 6. The state and international law -- ch. 7. Horrors of the Arab slave trade -- ch. 8. The Berlin Conference -- ch. 9. The economic régime of the Berlin Act -- ch. 10. An appeal to Belgium to suppress the slave trade -- ch. 11. The second Brussels Conference -- ch. 12. The Congo bequeathed to Belgium -- ch. 13. Tribes of the Congo state -- ch. 14. The Congo public force -- ch. 15. Belgian campaigns against the Arabs -- ch. 16. Belgian campaigns against the Arabs (concluded) -- ch. 17. The suppression of slavery -- ch. 18. Frontiers and diplomatic settlements -- ch. 19. The Bahr-el-Ghazal and the Nile -- ch. 20. Mutinies of the Batetela tribe -- ch. 21. Displacement of the population -- ch. 22. The state's administration: Department of Justice ; Native chieftaincies -- ch. 23. The postal, telegraph, and telephone service -- ch. 24. Navigation, railways and roads -- ch. 25. Science, agriculture, civilising measures -- ch. 26. Trade, revenue, and taxes -- ch. 27. Missions and schools -- ch. 28. State lands and concessions -- ch. 29. The nemesis of libel -- ch. 30. The Congo campaign in England -- ch. 31. The Congo campaign in America -- ch. 32-35 Testimony of travellers and thinkers -- ch. 36. The attitude of Europe and the United States -- ch. 37. Summary, retrospect, and prophecy -- Appendix.

Call Number

Sc 967.5-W (Wack, H. Story of the Congo Free State)

LCCN

05006024

OCLC

1201427

Author

Wack, Henry Wellington, 1869-1954, author.

Title

The story of the Congo Free State : social, political, and economic aspects of the Belgian system of government in Central Africa / by Henry Wellington Wack, F.R.G.S. (member of the New York Bar) ; with 125 illustrations and maps.

Publisher

New York ; and London : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1905.

Manufacturer

New York : The Knickerbocker Press, 1905.

Copyright Date

©1905.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Provenance

Copy in Sc 967.5-W (accession no. B593688.) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

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Added Author

G.P. Putnam's Sons, publisher.

Knickerbocker Press, printer.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

Sc 967.5-W (Wack, H. Story of the Congo Free State)

BMS (Wack, H. W. Story of the Congo Free State)