... for his speech he wrote "the aim of the conference is to found if possible the international work of the rest houses and scientific posts in Africa. Before the horrible evil of the slave trade, which in its interior of Africa claims over one hundred thousand victims yearly, the citizens of civilised countries must come to an agreement to heal the ... the hands of the post commanders. Forces Publiques, soldiers employed by Leopold, to extract rubber from the rainforest trees, forced them at gunpoint. They lived under the fear of two symbols. The chicotte; a whip when used the victim lost...

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