Author: Kennedy, Pagan,
Title: Black Livingstone: a true tale of adventure in the 19th century Congo.
Description: NY, Viking, (2002). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. The Belgian Congo of the 19th century was the world of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness and a brutal time in African history. European countries were slaughtering the Congolese to harvest the rubber needed for telegraph and electrical cables. William Sheppard was there to record the atrocities and to help pioneer a worldwide civil rights movement on behalf of the Congolese people.

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