Send us a text "In fourteen years Leopold has deliberately destroyed more lives than have suffered death on all the battlefields of this planet for the past thousand years..." - Mark Twain In this episode of The Hungry Historian, we dive into one of the darkest and most disturbing chapters of colonial history: the reign of King Leopold II over the Congo Free State. What began as a supposed humanitarian mission quickly descended into a brutal system of forced labour, mutilation, and terr...
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Send us a text "In fourteen years Leopold has deliberately destroyed more lives than have suffered death on all the battlefields of this planet for the past thousand years..." - Mark Twain In this episode of The Hungry Historian, we dive into one of the darkest and most disturbing chapters of colonial history: the reign of King Leopold II over the Congo Free State. What began as a supposed humanitarian mission quickly descended into a brutal system of forced labour, mutilation, and terr...
The Hungry Historian's 2024 Holiday Gift Guide - Part I - Christmas Crack
The Hungry Historian
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11 months ago
The Hungry Historian's 2024 Holiday Gift Guide - Part I - Christmas Crack
Send us a text “Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality.” - Washington Irving With less than a week to go before the big bearded man in red makes his way down the chimney, the Hungry Historian is coming at you with a gift of his own. A holiday gift guide made up of his favourite historical reads! Sure, historical books might not be your bag, but when it comes to shopping for those hard to buy for people on your Xmas list, you might be thankful that you tuned in for this...
The Hungry Historian
Send us a text "In fourteen years Leopold has deliberately destroyed more lives than have suffered death on all the battlefields of this planet for the past thousand years..." - Mark Twain In this episode of The Hungry Historian, we dive into one of the darkest and most disturbing chapters of colonial history: the reign of King Leopold II over the Congo Free State. What began as a supposed humanitarian mission quickly descended into a brutal system of forced labour, mutilation, and terr...
