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mar 1, 1927 - Travels in Africa

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Jun 1 André Gide has ended his travels through central Africa, including French Equatorial Africa. He publishes his journal, Travels in the Congo. It creates indignation in France regarding the mistreatment of blacks forced to work on the construction of 300 miles of railroad from Brazzaville to Pointe Noire – a project that over a ten-year period killed nearly ten thousand.

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mar 1, 1927
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~ 98 years ago