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The Congo Reform Association: How a British Campaign Toppled Leopold II
The beautiful Brussels Grand Place hides a dark secret—the rubber-stained fortune that built Belgium's capital. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the extraordinary campaign that exposed King Leopold II's atrocities in the Congo Free State. We trace the story of Edmund Dene Morel, a shipping clerk who noticed suspicious cargo flows and became the whistleblower of the century. With Roger Casement's devastating 1904 report, the Congo Reform Association was born, mobilizing figures like Mark Twain and Arthur Conan Doyle. The campaign forced Leopold to hand over his private…
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