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of foreign financial interference in the American political process united various factions across the USA behind the reform movement and demanded government action. It also exposed Leopold's extensive Press Bureau networks to the Belgian press, increasing the already mounting domestic pressure for
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to ensure all signatories were adhering to the Berlin Act. In 1903 the collective efforts of Morel and these other actors generated enough public agitation over the Congo Question to produce an impassioned debate in parliament, leading to a resolution forcing government action. However, reconvening
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Felix Lösing has maintained that neither evangelical philanthropy nor humanitarian sentiment but racist dynamics were the main reason for the success of the reform association. Activists in Britain and the United States warned that the atrocities in the CFS destabilised imperial rule on the whole
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Casement's disillusionment with the decisions of the FO prompted him to seek out Morel who, by 1904, was well established as the leading champion of Congo reform. The two agreed a more holistic approach was needed to effect genuine change in the Congo, with the British government having reduced
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and commerce to gradually develop African territories and peoples along the same lines as Europe. Morel believed the 'Leopoldian system' was the catalyst for the scale of atrocities in the Congo, and that the state's creation of what was in effect a slave-labour force to fuel Leopold's
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diplomatic pressure on the CFS following Leopold's announcement that he had set up a commission of inquiry to address Casement's findings. With Morel in-charge they resolved to the creation of the CRA, a unifying movement for the competing agents of reform in the Congo.
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Active from 1904 to 1913, the association formed in opposition to the institutionalised practices of Congo Free State's 'rubber policy', which encouraged the need to minimise expenditure and maximise profit with no political constraints – fostering a system of
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confirmed the scale of atrocities taking place in the CFS, yet FO officials' interference and lobbying by agents of the CFS led to softening the graphic nature of the report, with the removal of witnesses and perpetrators names undermining its legitimacy.
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transaction was taking place. He concluded that the use of force was the only explanation: the consistency of the exchange could only be supported by a state-led system of mass exploitation. Resigning from his role in 1901, Morel turned to
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when he was directed by the FO to investigate the allegations against the CFS. From June 1903, Casement travelled throughout the northern interior of the territory aided by the missionaries based there. Their unregulated access to the
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were practised by both the CRA and Leopold's CFS, the king setting up a private and covert Press Bureau in 1904 in reaction to the consistent efforts of the CRA. In December 1906 the ACRA gained momentum with the breaking of the
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in Belgium. The publication of the findings of Leopold's Commission of Inquiry, confirming those of the Casement Report, cemented Belgian formal opposition to the CFS and sparked legitimate discussions of government annexation.
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in every regard. In Morel's own words, the "King's native policy was the inevitable sequel to his commercial policy". This unified the humanitarians with commercial and political elites in the common cause of reform.
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into pressuring reform in the Congo. The association partially achieved its aims in 1908 with the Belgian government's annexation of the Congo Free State and continued to promote reform until disbanding in 1913.
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helped found the ACRA, they sought to distance themselves as an independent American movement due to widespread Anglophobic sentiments among sections of the American populace, particularly
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where they accepted positions as officers in the CRA, and over the next two years delivered between them six hundred public engagements – bringing photos, props from the CFS, like the
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Charles Laderman has argued that the association's most effective tool was the recruitment of missionaries with firsthand accounts of the regime, two of the most prominent were the
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Nathan Alexander has observed that Morel's impassioned campaigning stemmed largely from his belief that the Congo Free State was a corrupt example of modern standards of
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Robins, J.E. (2012). Slave Cocoa and Red Rubber: E. D. Morel and the Problem of Ethical Consumption. Comparative Studies in Society and History. 54 (3), 592–611.
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on 23 January 1908 demanding that the Belgian government annex control of the CFS and reform the territory in accordance with the articles of the
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Laderman, Charles (2013), "The Invasion of the United States by an Englishman: E. D. Morel and the Anglo-American Intervention in the Congo",
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Laderman, Charles (2013), "The Invasion of the United States by an Englishman: E. D. Morel and the Anglo-American Intervention in the Congo",
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Laderman, Charles (2013), "The Invasion of the United States by an Englishman: E. D. Morel and the Anglo-American Intervention in the Congo",
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Laderman, Charles (2013), "The Invasion of the United States by an Englishman: E. D. Morel and the Anglo-American Intervention in the Congo",
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MP was another high-profile figure in the British anti-Leopold movement, advocating in parliament in 1897 for the revival of the
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issue that Britain must address, his public speeches were inclusive and unifying seeking only to promote reform in the CFS.
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and press coverage that extended globally. The international message of the movement birthed chapters or affiliates across
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African continent and undermined narratives of white supremacy on a global scale. CRA activism ensured that the
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Ascherson, N (1999). The King Incorporated: Leopold the Second and the Congo. 2nd ed. London: Granta Books.
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about the activities of the Congo Free State authorities, establishing his own journal in early 1903 – the
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as agents of the CRA and established regional branches with local activists throughout Britain to promote
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as early as 1905. The annexation occurred in late 1908 bringing slow and incremental reform, but by 1913
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Bourne, H.R.F. (1904). The Congo Question. Fortnightly review, May 1865-June 1934. 75 (445), 49–59.
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remained of interest to the general public, fuelling a reciprocal relationship between British
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movements. The CRA's adoption of contemporary media technologies, like the
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Morel's publications drew from the direct reports and experiences of the
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the Berlin conference was viewed as geo-politically problematic by the
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in the region to investigate the alleged malpractices of the regime.
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Index

Non-Governmental Organization
Humanitarianism
Free trade
Colonialism
Congo Free State
Belgian Congo
United Kingdom
United States
humanitarian
activist
Congo Free State
Central Africa
absolute sovereignty
King Leopold II.
coercion and terror
colonial Africa
Western world
Great Powers

Edmund Dene Morel
Elder Dempster
Antwerp
import
export
Congo
firearms
cartridge
rubber
ivory
commercial

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