Lord Leverhulme's Ghosts: Colonial Exploitation in the Congo

by Jules Marchal, introduction by Adam Hochschild Verso Books 01/31/2017, paperback SKU: 9781784786311   In this definitive, meticulously researched history, Jules Marchal exposes the nature of forced labour under Lord Leverhulme's rule and the appalling conditions imposed upon the people of Congo. With an extensive introduction by Adam Hochschild, Lord Leverhulme's Ghosts is an important and urgently needed account of a laboratory of colonial exploitation. Reviews: "His capacious narrative is both disturbing and fascinating." - New Yorker "A hundred years ago, enlightened people in the western world were outraged by a holocaust in Africa which left millions dead. Yet today not one person in a thousand could say what the fuss was all about, unless, of course, they have already read this amazing book." - Tariq Ali, Author of The Forty-Year War in Afghanistan About the Author: Jules Marchal, a former diplomat in the Belgian Congo, (1924-2004) spent twenty years researching forced labo