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“These expeditions respond to an extraordinarily civilizing Christian idea: to abolish slavery in Africa, to dispel the darkness that still reigns in part of the world, to get to know the resources that seem gigantic, in short, pouring out the treasures of civilization, that's it. purpose of this modern crusade worthy of our era.”

Exploration Congo Leopold Ii Belgium Congo Free State Leopold Ii Of Belgium Henry Morton Stanley Scramble For Africa European Expansion Livingstone

Author:Leopold II

“And just as, in the First Scramble for Africa, one tribe was divided against another tribe to make the division of Africa easier, in the Second Scramble for Africa one nation is going to be divided against another nation to make it easier to control Africa by making her weak and divided against herself”

Imperialism Pan Africanism Nyerere Julius Nyerere Nyerere Quotes Scramble For Africa

Author:Julius Nyerere

“The labours which we are about to undertake to regulate and develop the commercial relations of our countrymen with that Continent, and to render a service alike to the cause of peace and humanity. (Berlin Conference)”

Africa Berlin Conference Scramble For Africa

Book:Correspondance Diplomatique De M. De Bismarck (1851-1859)

Source: Correspondance Diplomatique De M. De Bismarck (1851-1859)

“The Conference, should draw up a separate convention, applicable throughout the world, and destined to form a complement of the international law on this subject.”

Africa Berlin Conference Scramble For Africa

Book:Acte général de la conférence de Berlin de 1885

Source: Acte général de la conférence de Berlin de 1885

“As to the question whether this modification is opportune, the fact must not be lost sight of that the Berlin Conference never intended to fix unalterably the economic system of the Free State, which, as was already then foreseen, would undergo radical modifications under the influence of progress, nor of establishing for an indefinite period regulations which may hinder, check, and even arrest its development. Provision was wisely made for the probability of future changes, which would require a certain latitude in economic matters in order to secure their easy realization... The moment has now come when the marvellous progress made by the infant State is creating fresh needs, when it would be only in accordance with wisdom and foresight to revise an economic system primarily adapted to a creative and transitional period. Can we blame the infant State for a progress which, in its rapidity, has surpassed the most optimistic forecasts? Can we hinder and arrest this progress in refusing her the means necessary for her development? Can we condemn the Sovereign who has already made such great sacrifices to support for an indefinite period a burden which daily becomes heavier, and at the same time impose upon him new and heavy expenses necessitated by the suppression of the slave-trade? We are convinced that there will be but one answer to these questions.”

Colonialism Africa Berlin Conference Scramble For Africa

Book:Acte général de la conférence de Berlin de 1885

Source: Acte général de la conférence de Berlin de 1885

“It would never do, to renew the colonial experience gained in the sixteenth century, when Colonies were brought to ruin by those who pretended to fix in Europe, from a purely metropolitan point of view, their financial and administrative existence.”

Colonialism Africa Berlin Conference Scramble For Africa French Colonial Empire

Book:Acte général de la conférence de Berlin de 1885

Source: Acte général de la conférence de Berlin de 1885

“The Services offer the cleanest and most natural support to an aggressive foreign policy; expansion of the empire appeals powerfully to the aristocracy and the professional classes by offering new and ever-growing fields for the honorable and profitable employment of their sons.”

Capitalism Imperialism Scramble For Africa 1900 Contemporary Review

Author:J.A. Hobson