Edmund Dene Morel papers, 1892-1915 (inclusive), [microform].

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Edmund Dene Morel papers, 1892-1915 (inclusive), [microform].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122640173

The papers contain correspondence, articles, pamphlets, and other materials documenting Edmund Morel's campaign against colonial policy in the Congo.

15 reels (vols. 1-62 and 85-95)

eng,

fre,

Yale University Library

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Yale University Library

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Congo reform association

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Morel, E.D. (Edmund Dene), 1873-1924

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Edmund Dene Morel, 1873-1924, was educated in Eastbourne but moved to Liverpool in 1891. Forced to leave school at the age of 15 due to his mother's financial difficulties, Morel worked as a clerk for the shipping firm Elder Dempster, and supplemented his income with part-time journalism. Many of the articles that Morel wrote related to stories from visitors to the shipping office, including material on British trade in Africa. Morel became concerned about the consequences of such trade for Afri...