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NSALA OF WALA IN THE NSONGO DISTRICT (ABIR CONCESSION)


(Photographed by Mr. John H. Harris in May, 1904, with the hand and foot of his little girl of five years old—all that remained of a cannibal feast by armed rubber sentries. The sentries killed his wife, his daughter, and a son, cutting up the bodies, cooking and eating them. See letter from Mr. Stannard in the Appendix.)

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Source E. D. Morel, King Leopold's Rule in Africa, William Heinemann, London, 1904 and Funk & Wagnalls Company, New York, 1905.
Author Alice Seeley Harris / John Hobbis Harris
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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office ) before January 1, 1929.

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