Leopold II of Belgium: The Biggest Coverup In European History

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Author - Shannon Quinn
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Source/Further reading:

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leopold-II-king-of-Belgium
https://books.google.com/books?id=gMFoRbjakCUC&lpg=PA337&dq=Louise-Marie%20Orleans%20Leopold&pg=PA337#v=onepage&q=Louise-Marie%20Orleans%20Leopold&f=false
https://books.google.com/books?id=ZyEvDwAAQBAJ&lpg=PA4&ots=29XaTv0lYV&dq=Leopold%20II%20nun%20and%20stable%20boy&pg=PA4#v=onepage&q=Leopold%20II%20nun%20and%20stable%20boy&f=false
https://youtu.be/vh8B1xbOEIA
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/stanley_sir_henry_morton.shtml
https://www.npr.org/2018/09/02/644085214/belgian-museum-looks-at-countrys-history-of-colonialism-and-racism
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/16/belgium-comes-to-terms-with-human-zoos-of-its-colonial-past
https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/98/08/30/daily/leopold-book-review.html
https://books.google.com/books?id=s01CAAAAIAAJ&dq=leopold%20II&pg=PP7#v=onepage&q=leopold%20II&f=false
http://www.blackpast.org/george-washington-williams-open-letter-king-leopold-congo-1890
https://books.google.com/books?id=vYo-DO4tr-gC&lpg=PP1&dq=belgian%20international%20commission%20congo&pg=PA109#v=onepage&q=international%20commission&f=false
http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ism/exhibitions/brutal-exposure/alice-seeley-harris.aspx
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-belgium-museum-africa/king-leopolds-ghost-belgiums-africa-museum-to-reopen-idUSKCN1IX53V