Post Discussion Thoughts

Overall, I thought the group I participated with today had some very interesting answer to the question that were thought up before class. Everyone had some very interesting ideas, and everyone got a chance to talk. Concerning questions I have after the discussion, one question I have is, "How would Leopold's presence in the Congo effected the uprising of the Africans?".

Response and Questions

Response: Concerning pages 1-32 of Adam Hochshild's King Leopold's Ghost, I think it sheds some great  light on a very rarely heard of topic of Imperialism in Europe and the world wide movement against slave labor in the Congo. I myself became very interested, as I read, in learning about this event in history that I had never heard of before. 

Questions:

1. How did the notion of Imperialism in Europe first come about?

2. Why was it important to have slave labor in the Congo?  

End of Class Thoughts

I learned the difference between Old and New Imperialism, and I learned about the invention of the World Government and the White Mans Burden. I'd like to learn more about how people go about trying to live in an Imperialistic society.