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Behold little Belgium and her pitiable plight, but has the world forgotten Congo?
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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gutenberg.orgW.E.B. Du Bois: “Behold little Belgium and her pitiable plight, but has the world forgotten Congo?”
Editor's note · Context
Du Bois contrasts the plight of Belgium during World War I with the historical suffering of the Congo under colonial rule.
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