“You can find it on almost any tree. As we made our way through the forest, it was literally raining rubber juice. Our clothes were full of it. The Congo has so many tributaries that a well-organized company can easily extract a few tons of rubber per year here. You only have to sail up such a river and the branches with rubber hang almost up to your ship. (In a Letter to King Leopold II of the Belgians)” CongoLeopold IiBelgiumCongo Free StateBelgian CongoHenry Morton Stanly Author:Henry M. Stanley
“Only by proving that we are superior to the savages, not only through our power to kill them but through our entire way of life, can we control them as they are now, in their present stage; it is necessary for their own well-being, even more than ours. (Stanley writes this on his first expidition commissioned by King Leopold II of Belgium after describing with horror the horrible scenes of atrocities and cannibalism that take place in the Congo.)” CongoLeopold IiCongo Free StateBelgian CongoHenry Morton Stanley Book:Through the Dark Continent:Volume 1 Source: Through the Dark Continent:Volume 1