TY - JOUR
AU - Young, Crawford
AB - 660 Reviews of Books l'Association ing President Arthur and a reluctant Senate to recognize the flag of Internationale Africaine (AIA) as that of a friendly government, although it had no basis in international law. This was the first such recognition, and it was a crucial factor in the convening of the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885. Bontinck goes on to document the roles that Sanford and H. M. Stanley played at that conference. He then lapses into a chapter entitled "Stanleyana," in which he presents documents on a variety of subjects; some of them are relevant, but many are not. He concludes with a chapter and appendixes documenting several trips, both official and private, by Americans to the Congo during the next two decades. Of most consequence was that of G. W. Williams, the Negro historian, resulting in 1890 in one of the earliest published accounts of conditions there under Leopold II. The material is well indexed, and the footnoting is both extensive and meticulous. Included are a wide and often illuminating body of correspondence be- tween Sanford and Stanley and several exchanges with (Sir) William Mackinnon. This said, Bontinck could well have dwelt far more on Sanford's financial stake 
TI - King Leopold's Legacy: The Congo under Belgian Rule, 1908–1960. By Roger Anstey. [Issued under the auspices of the Institute of Race Relations, London.] (New York: Oxford University Press. 1966. Pp. xiv,293. $7.20.)
JO - The American Historical Review
DO - 10.1086/ahr/72.2.660
DA - 1967-01-01
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SP - 660
EP - 661
VL - 72
IS - 2
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