Who should be credited with publicizing the dreadful conditions imposed on blacks who worked on rubber plantations in the Congo?

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Edward Morel was a British journalist and human rights activist who exposed the inhumane conditions of the rubber plantations in the Congo Free State in the early 1900s. He founded the Congo Reform Association and wrote extensively on the issue. Although other individuals, such as Roger Casement and E.D. Morel also brought attention to the atrocities, Morel is often credited with being the most influential in publicizing the issue.

Who Should Be Credited with Publicizing the Dreadful Conditions Imposed