tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130830332820181818.post6548168984001197691..comments2024-03-27T13:13:25.164-04:00Comments on johnshaplin: Blood Riverjohnshaplinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17618981988062495637noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130830332820181818.post-43379090037959878892009-05-11T19:28:00.000-04:002009-05-11T19:28:00.000-04:00Among the earliest (human rights) campaigners was ...Among the earliest (human rights) campaigners was George Washington Williams, a pioneering African American who travelled by boat as far as Stanley Falls in 1890 and did something nobody had ever thought to do before: he recorded the testimony of the Congolese themselves. He exposed the brutality of european colonial rule in Africa to 'the folks back home', coining the term "crimes against humanity".johnshaplinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17618981988062495637noreply@blogger.com