Evidence: | 'I have to thank you for Morel's pamphlet which reached me from L'pool a few days ago.There can be no doubt that his presentation of the commercial policy and the administrative methods of the Congo State is absolutely true. It is a most brazen breach of faith as to Europe. It is in every aspect an enormous and atrocious lie in action.' |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 10 Dec 1903 and 17 Dec 1903 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Stanford near Hythe county: Kent specific address: Pent Farm |
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Reader: | Joseph Conrad |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 3 Dec 1857 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Master mariner and author |
Religion: | originally Polish Catholic, by now agnostic/atheist |
Country of origin: | Poland |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
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Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | E.(Edward) D.(Dene) Morel |
Title: | The Congo Slave State. |
Genre: | Social Science, Politics |
Form of Text: | Print: Pamphlet |
Publication details: | Liverpool 1903. |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 20391 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Joseph Conrad | |
Editor: | Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) | |
Title: | The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 3, 1903-1907 | |
Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
Date of Publication: | 1988 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 95 | |
Additional comments: | Letter from Joseph Conrad to Roger Casement dated 17th December, 1903, Pent Farm. |
Citation: | Joseph Conrad, Frederick R. Karl (and Laurence Davies) (ed.), The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Volume 3, 1903-1907 (Cambridge, 1988), p. 95, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20391, accessed: 25 April 2024 |
Edmund Dene Morel, originally Georges Eduard Pierre Achille Morel de Ville (1873-1924) was a British journalist, author and socialist politician. He collaborated with Roger Casement in founding the Congo Reform Association and leading a campaign against slavery. Casement sought Conrad's support for the campaign. (See also source text p.xxxiii) |
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