{"product_id":"report-from-his-majestys-consul-at-boma","title":"Rapport fra Hans Majestæts konsul i Boma","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat does colonial rule look like when a consul leaves official tables behind and listens to the villagers?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Report from His Majesty's Consul at Boma, Roger Casement travels up the Congo River and its branches to examine how people are treated. It is 1903. The Irish consul goes far beyond the coast to see what is done in the name of King Leopold II, who holds the territory as his own project rather than for Belgium.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCasement records what he sees and what villagers tell him through interpreters. Rubber quotas draw people deep into the forest, away from their fields and families. Published by the British government in 1904, his plain, careful report gives campaigners the sworn word of an official—and gives readers a direct encounter with evidence of forced labour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat you'll discover\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBeyond the official tables\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow Casement upriver as he seeks evidence for himself rather than relying on gossip.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVillagers speak through interpreters\u003c\/strong\u003e – Read accounts that bring the treatment of people under colonial rule into focus.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe cost of rubber\u003c\/strong\u003e – See how set quotas pull villagers away from their fields and families for long periods.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA territory held personally\u003c\/strong\u003e – Examine the Congo as Leopold II's own project, not a possession held for Belgium.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePlain words carry force\u003c\/strong\u003e – Discover how careful observation gives campaigners evidence in an official's sworn account.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers of colonial history, human rights and Irish history who want to understand how evidence of abuse is gathered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page now and follow Casement's careful record of a grim colonial reality.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534587199836,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/02727_en_ebook-front_c13.jpg?v=1792174924","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/da\/products\/report-from-his-majestys-consul-at-boma","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}