Casement Report Quotes
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“No one has the right to dispossess natives of the lands which they occupy.”
“The methods employed to obtain labour from them by local officials and the exactions levied on them.”
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“The exploitation is carried out by the management officers, under the direction of the District Commissairo.”
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“Everything relating to the exploitation of the private domain must be clearly separated from other government services.”
“No one has the right to occupy vacant lands without a title; vacant lands are to be considered as belonging to the State.”
“Tackling Leopold in Africa has set in motion a big movement – it must be a movement of human liberation all the world over.”
“The lands occupied by the native, population under the authority of their Chiefs, shall continue to be governed by the local customs and usages.”
“The agents proposed for the exploitation of the private domain devote all their care to the development of the harvest of rubber and other forest products.”
“All Acts or Agreements which would tend to drive the natives from the territories they occupy, or to deprive them directly or indirectly of their liberty or means of livelihood, are prohibited.”
“The grievances of the natives have been made known in this country by, who brought over a Petition addressed to the King, praying for relief from the excessive taxation and oppressive legislation of which they complain.”
“Between July 1891 and February 1896, no fewer than 62 convictions admittedly representing a small proportion of offences actually committed were recorded against them for flogging, plundering, and generally maltreating the natives.”
“The members of the Land Commission shall examine with special care the question whether the lands applied for ought not to be reserved either for the public use or with a view to allow oi the extension of cultivation by the natives.”
“Four months ago I was arrested for not having got meat, and was kept one and a-half months in prison on that account. H. who killed V, and shot me here in the thigh, is a free man, as all men know; but I, who am wounded, have to hunt meat.”
“The Inspector of State on mission checks if this tariff is in relation to the price of! &. workforce ; it ensures its strict application, and it examines whether the general operating conditions do not give rise to any justified complaints.”