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Publication Date
2019
Keywords
artists' books, Baker & Whitehill Annual Student Artists' Book Contest, sixth
Disciplines
Book and Paper
Student Status
Undergraduate student
Year of Graduation
2023
Major
Experimental and Foundation Studies
Faculty / Course
Judy Maloney
Materials + Techniques
Museum board, liquid latex, dirt
Student Narrative
From 1885 to 1908, King Leopold II of Belgium claimed the area of the Congo as his own privatized country. In his twenty-three years of rule, Leopold II drained the land of its most significant natural resource, rubber. An estimated 10 million Congolese people died as a result of King Leopold’s brutal working conditions. However, the true extent of terror in the Congo will never be known.
Recommended Citation
Tepper, Mason; Collections, Special; and Library, Fleet, "Congo Free State" (2019). 6th Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest 2020. 51.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/specialcollections_bookcontest6th2020/51