Henry Wellington Wack (1875 – 18 December 1954) was an

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attorney and writer noted for being an

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for Leopold II's regime of the

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. Wack was an attorney for a pharmaceutical company who became a paid advocate of the Congo Free State, who however endeavoured to ensure he appeared as an impartial observer. Hochschild, Adam: ''

King Leopold's Ghost ''King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa'' (1998) is a best-selling popular history book by Adam Hochschild that explores the exploitation of the Congo Free State by King Leopold II of the Belgians betw ...

'', Houghton Mifflin, 1999. Whereas King Leopold II had been able to impose tariffs on businesses operating in the Congo, Wack successfully advocated opening up business opportunities to such tycoons as

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and

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met with the King following from this.

Publications

* ''The Romance of

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and

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'', by Henry Wellington Wack; with an introduction by François Coppée New York London,

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, (1905) * ''In Thamseland; being the gossiping record of rambles through England from the source of the Thames to the sea, with casual studies of the English people, their historic, literary, and romantic shrines. The whole forming a complete guide to the Thames valley'' By Henry Wellington Wack ... With map and 100 illustrations. (New York and London, G.P. Putnam's sons, 1906) * ''The Story of the Congo Free State; social, political, and economic aspects of the Belgian system of government in Central Africa'' New York and London, G. P. Putnam's sons, (1905) * Official guide and manual of the 250th anniversary celebration of the founding of

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, 1666-1916 : the city of Newark, chief industrial center of New Jersey : historical, statistical and general review, together with numerous articles relating to the city and its celebration (1916) * More about summer camps, training for leisure; a further reference to the American camp movement, with an account of organized southern camps for boys and girls based upon observations made on a third camp tour undertaken for the Red book magazine, by Henry Wellington Wack ... with an appreciation by Hon.

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(1926)

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