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English: A caricature of Leopold II with his private earnings from the Congo Free State. Original caption: "My yearly income from the Congo is millions of guineas"
Date published 1905
Source King Leopold's Soliloquy: A Defense of His Congo Rule By Mark Twain Boston: The P. R. Warren Co., 1905. As at http://chss.montclair.edu/english/furr/i2l/kls.html
Author Unknown, book by Mark Twain
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A caricature from congo free state now Democratic republic of congo

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