King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa by Adam Hochschild (1998)
Clint writes: A readable and well researched story of the thousands of natives of the African Congo who were enslaved and horribly abused at a time when most nations were congratulating themselves that the institution of slavery had been eliminated from the world scene. While Leopold, King of the Belgians, is portrayed as the main culprit, acting without authority or even awareness by his own government, he had lots of help from several nationals of other countries including the U. S. One of these was Henry Morton Stanley of "Dr. Livingstone, I presume" fame. Fortunately, there were a few self-sacrificing individuals who, in today's vernacular, we might term 'whistle blowers.'