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The missions worked closely toegether with the colonial businesses. They were actively used within the Leopoldian system, for instance to accomodate child slaves and to thereby supply both state (colonial army) and economy with usable (work)forces. The missions for their part gained many new souls. Letter from the S.A. Compagnie du Chemin de Fer du Congo to Hippolyte d'Ursel, 1894.
Hippolyte d'Ursel, no. R26.
Hippolyte d'Ursel, no. R26.
