Chapter II: Preface: iii

I.—GENESIS OF MID-AFRICAN CIVILISATION 1

II.—STANLEY AND KING LEOPOLD II.’S CONCEPTION
OF THE CONGO FREE STATE 14

III.—FOUNDING OF THE CONGO FREE STATE 23

IV.—EARLY BELGIAN EXPEDITIONS 31

V.—THE WATERWAYS OF THE CONGO 42

VI.—THE STATE AND INTERNATIONAL LAW 64

VII.—HORRORS OF THE ARAB SLAVE TRADE 83

VIII.—THE BERLIN CONFERENCE 92

IX.—THE ECONOMIC RÉGIME OF THE BERLIN