Thursday, April 10, 2014

E.D. Morel Biography

This is an article about E.D. Morel and his work in the Congo.  He was a newspaper writer who was a shipping company account in Liverpool and went to work in the Congo.  He saw the shipping of weapons to the Congo and quickly realized that the Congo was not a trade partner.  Morel soon staged a war against King Leopold II and helped to bring down the war going on in the Congo.  He was also one of the key members for the Congo Reform Association.

http://www.catalystmedia.org.uk/issues/nerve7/edmund_morel.htm


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