Letter from Arthur Nightingale to Roger Casement discussing the Commission d'Enquête (of Inquiry), [Raoul] Van Calcken of the ABIR Congo Company, the discrediting of Casement's report, and furthermore discussing various acts of appalling behaviour towards the natives,
1904 Dec. 17.
Nightingale also discusses the proposed new system of forty hours of work per month for the natives and states; "I agree that the native should be made to render a certain amount of sevice in exchange for pay, but the poor brute cannot call his soul his own under the present régime-he can't leave his village for any length of time owing to the infernal "prestation".".
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| Notes: | Typescript. Letter includes the address "British Consulate, / Boma". Physical description: 1 item (2 pages). more |
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Letter from Arthur Nightingale to Roger Casement discussing the Commission d'Enquête (of Inquiry), [Raoul] Van Calcken of the ABIR Congo Company, the discrediting of Casement's report, and furthermore discussing various acts of appalling behaviour towards the natives,
1904 Dec. 17.
| In Collection: | Roger Casement Papers, 1889-1945 |
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| Description: | Nightingale also discusses the proposed new system of forty hours of work per month for the natives and states; "I agree that the native should be made to render a certain amount of sevice in exchange for pay, but the poor brute cannot call his soul his own under the present régime-he can't leave his village for any length of time owing to the infernal "prestation".". |
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| Language: | English |
| Extent: | 1 item (2 pages). |
| Format: | Manuscript |
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MS 13,073/35/3
(Manuscripts Reading Room) |
| Rights: | Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland. |