King Leopold II’s Last Laugh: The Evolution of Mgr. Augouard’s Attitudes Towards the Congo Free State (1890-1908) KU Leuven
This article addresses the evolution of the relationship between Bishop Prosper Augouard and King Leopold II's Congo Free State from the closure of the Brussels Anti-Slavery Conference to the termination of the regime in 1908. Augouard's public denunciations in October 1894, of State-sanctioned/sponsored slavery and other abuses publicly attacked the prevalent collaborationist behaviors of the Catholic Church in its dealings with the European ...