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Belgian Congo, 1904. The severed hand and foot belong to the father's daughter who was killed since he was unable to meet his rubber quota
Belgian Congo, 1904. The severed hand and foot belong to the father's daughter who was killed since he was unable to meet his rubber quota. The photo was captured by Alice Seely Harris who was appalled that such a shocking act took place over rubber. She asked the man to pose for the photo staring at his daughter's severed hand and foot. Of the photo Harris wrote,⠀ ⠀ "He hadn’t made his rubber quota for the day so the Belgian-appointed overseers had cut off his daughter’s hand and foot. Read story Her name was Boali. She was five years old. Then they killed her. But they weren’t finished. Then they killed his wife too. And because that didn’t seem quite cruel enough, quite strong enough to make their case, they cannibalized both Boali and her mother. And they presented Nsala with the tokens, the leftovers from the once living body of his darling child whom he so loved. His life was destroyed. All of this filth had occurred because one man, one man who lived thousands of m