The Doyle, Arthur Conan 1859-1930 creator text utu 2011 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The Crime of the Congo" by Arthur Conan Doyle is a book published in 1909 that exposes human rights abuses in the Congo Free State, the personal property of Belgium's King Leopold II. Doyle documents the brutal exploitation and torture of indigenous people in the rubber trade, calling these crimes "the greatest to be ever known." He argues that public opinion remained dormant because the terrible story had not been properly told—a situation he sought to change through this powerful indictment. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crime_of_the_Congo Release date is 2011-10-11 Produced by Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) Original publication data not identified Indigenous peoples -- Congo (Democratic Republic) Belgium -- Colonies -- Africa -- Administration Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Politics and government DT Original publication data not identified 09029564 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37712 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37712 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133847.0 37712