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Commission to Investigate the State Territories
An official inquiry into life and administration in the Congo Free State, this report examines land policy, taxation, military expeditions, labor recruitment, concessions, depopulation, and justice. Published in 1906, it offers a revealing record of colonial rule at the turn of the twentieth century.
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The Congo : a report of the Commission of enquiry appointed by the Congo Free State government
by Commission to Investigate the State Territories
About the author
The author is an institutional body rather than an individual: the Commission to Investigate the State Territories, appointed by the Congo Free State government to examine conditions in its territories. Its findings were published in The Congo: A Report of the Commission of Enquiry Appointed by the Congo Free State Government in 1906 by G. P. Putnam’s Sons.
The commission’s report covers the land regime and freedom of trade, taxation, military operations, concession companies, population decline, abandoned infants, the recruitment of soldiers and workers, and the administration of justice. As a government inquiry, it provides a period source for studying the systems and abuses associated with colonial administration in the Congo.