Who is Roger Casement?

Many knew of the slave system in King Leopold’s Congo rubber plantations– but British Consul Roger Casement was the first to make the world take notice. He created the 20th century's first international human rights movement, and was knighted for his work. Two years later, he was hung for treason, after an abortive plot to enlist German aid for Ireland’s Easter Rising. A widely-popular clemency movement had collapsed when Britain secretly circulated private diaries alleged to be Casement’s. Shocking if true, the diaries are still a matter of passionate contention, a century after Casement’s death.

Monday, August 29, 2016

Dying for Ireland: The Last Days of Roger Casement

Fearless African explorer … world-renowned humanitarian … Irish rebel … gay martyr. Roger Casement confronted evil and danger on three continents, and won every battle but the last. 
 
As British consul in King Leopold’s Congo, Casement exposed the horrors that Joseph Conrad would immortalize in "Heart of Darkness." Just four years after being knighted for his work, Casement was convicted of treason for his role in Ireland’s Easter Rising.  
 
Widespread sentiment for clemency collapsed when the British government circulated his private diaries, revealing an active gay sex life. Casement was hung on August 3, 1916.  
 
A fictional imagining based on Casement’s extensive journals and correspondence, "Dying for Ireland: The Last Days of Roger Casement" tells a forgotten hero’s remarkable story through his own eyes.

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