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African Woman in Profile

African woman in profile. This image formed part of the Harris Lantern Slide Collection. Under King Leopold II the Congo Free State used mass forced labour to extract rubber from the jungle for the European market. As consumer demand grew King Leopold II's private army - the Force Publique - used violent means to coerce the population into meeting quotas, including murder, mutilation, rape, village burning, starvation and hostage taking. Alice Seeley Harris and her husband Reverend John H. Harris were missionaries in the Congo Free State from the late 1890s. Alice produced a collection of images documenting the horrific abuses of the African rubber labourers. Her photographs are considered to be an important development in the history of humanitarian campaigning. The images were used in a number of publications. The Harrises also used the photographs to develop the Congo Atrocity Lantern Lecture which toured Britain and the the USA raising awareness of the issue of colonial abuses under King Leopold II's regime. Source: Antislavery International.

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Congo state camp at Lukula, Mayumbe country

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Cicatricing, Mayumbe country

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Watering the engine with buckets on Mayumbe railway

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Stack of Cocoa being carried to train. Temvo Station, Mayumbe Country

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Director of Temvo Plantation with family

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Bringing loads of Cocoa to the train at Temvo, Mayumbe Country

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Cocoa plantation near the Luki, Mayumbe Country

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Passengers requested to "Get out and walk" on Mayumbe railway

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View of Temvo Cocoa Plantation, Mayumbe Country. Congo

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Sacks of Cocoa and Carriers in the backrgound. Kinyati, Mayumbe Country

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Young Cocoa trees proptected by shade of Paw-paw trees, Kinyati, Mayumbe

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View of Temvo Cocoa Plantation, Mayumbe

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Cocoa Fermenting Bins, Temvo, Mayumbe Country. Director in the foreground.

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View on Cocoa Farm of Temvo, Mayumbe Country.

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Young Cocoa trees, Kinyati, Mayumbe country.

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Young Cocoa Trees, interspersed with paw paw trees, Kinyati, Mayumbe country.

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Cocoa pods drying at Temvo, Mayumbe country, Lower Congo

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Vanilla plant and pods. Temvo Cocoa Plantation. Mayumbe Country.