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King Leopold's Soliloquy: A Defense of His Congo Rule

Mark Twain · 1905

A 1905 political satire by Mark Twain, written as an imagined monologue in which King Leopold II of Belgium angrily defends his exploitative and brutal rule of the Congo Free State against missionary, consular, and press criticism.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

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