Congo genocide

Question 1

Henry Morton Stanley

Answer 1

Explorer who effectively opened up the Congo for Leopold the 2nd, traversed Africa from East to West by foot and Canoe 1874

Question 2

George Washington Williams

Answer 2

African American Missionary who documented abuses in the Congo and brought them to international attention. Coined the phrase “crimes against humanity” wrote his exposee in 1889-90. Born in Pennsylvania in 1849. Fought on the Mexican side in the Mexican war as well as th civil war and wrote two groundbreaking histories of African Americans

Question 3

E.D. Morel

Answer 3

E.D. Morel led a campaign against Leopld’s regime in the Congo. Authored a book called Red Rubber in 1906 and was a founding member of the Congo reform Association

Question 4

Congo Reform Association

Answer 4

An organization dedicated to raising awareness of abuses in the Congo. Founded in __1904_____ by E.D. Morel, Roger Casement and Henry Grattan Guiness.