From a moral point of view, there is a way to whitewash negroes, and to this view Africa undoubtedly presents the largest field that can be cultivated.

All the King's Men' A search for the colonial ideas of some advisers and "accomplices" of Leopold II (1853-1892). (Hannes Vanhauwaert), Emile Banning (1836-1898): The Don Quichotte of the ‘liberal civilization’ in Congo, A romantic associate of Leopold II. The original population could be civilized by the introduction of economic liberalism that would benefit the material needs of both Belgians and Africans. In addition, the abolition of the slave trade could emancipate the African population, but it would probably never reach the level of a Western race. Only morally could the Africans be civilized according to white standards. ARAB, Banning Papers, VII, Africa and the Brussels Geographical Conference. Various notes compiled by Banning, 1.