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| - | '''Roger David Casement''' (1 September 1864 – 3 August 1916) was a diplomat and [[Irish people|Irish]] [[Irish nationalism|nationalist]]. He worked for the [[British Foreign Office]] as a diplomat and later became a humanitarian activist, poet and [[Easter Rising]] leader. Described as the "father of twentieth-century human rights investigations", he was honoured in 1905 for the [[Casement Report]] on the [[Congo Free State|Congo]] and knighted in 1911 for his important investigations of human rights abuses in Peru. | + | '''Roger David Casement''' (1 September 1864 – 3 August 1916) was a [[diplomat]] and [[Irish people|Irish]] [[Irish nationalism|nationalist]]. He worked for the [[British Foreign Office]] as a diplomat and later became a humanitarian activist, poet and [[Easter Rising]] leader. Described as the "father of twentieth-century [[human rights]] investigations", he was honoured in 1905 for the [[Casement Report]] on the [[Congo Free State|Congo]] and knighted in 1911 for his important investigations of [[human rights abuses in Peru]]. |
| In Africa as a young man, Casement first worked for commercial interests before joining the British Colonial Service. In 1891 he was appointed as a British [[consul (representative)|consul]], a profession he followed for more than 20 years. Influenced by the [[Boer War]] and his investigation into colonial atrocities against indigenous peoples, Casement grew to mistrust [[imperialism]]. After retiring from consular service in 1913, he became more involved with [[Irish republicanism]] and other separatist movements. During [[World War I]] he made efforts to gain German military aid for the 1916 [[Easter Rising]] that sought to gain Irish independence. | In Africa as a young man, Casement first worked for commercial interests before joining the British Colonial Service. In 1891 he was appointed as a British [[consul (representative)|consul]], a profession he followed for more than 20 years. Influenced by the [[Boer War]] and his investigation into colonial atrocities against indigenous peoples, Casement grew to mistrust [[imperialism]]. After retiring from consular service in 1913, he became more involved with [[Irish republicanism]] and other separatist movements. During [[World War I]] he made efforts to gain German military aid for the 1916 [[Easter Rising]] that sought to gain Irish independence. | ||
| - | He was arrested, convicted and executed for high treason. He was stripped of his knighthood and other honours. Before the trial, the British government circulated excerpts said to be from his private journals, known as the ''[[Black Diaries]]'', which detailed [[homosexual]] activities. Given prevailing views and existing laws on homosexuality, this material undermined support for clemency for Casement. Debates have continued about these diaries: a handwriting comparison study in 2002 concluded Casement had written the diaries, but this was still contested by some. | + | He was arrested, convicted and executed for [[high treason]]. He was stripped of his knighthood and other honours. Before the trial, the British government circulated excerpts said to be from his private journals, known as the ''[[Black Diaries]]'', which detailed [[homosexual]] activities. Given prevailing views and existing [[laws on homosexuality]], this material undermined support for clemency for Casement. Debates have continued about these diaries: a handwriting comparison study in 2002 concluded Casement had written the diaries, but this was still contested by some. |
| - | ==See also== | + | |
| - | *[[The Putumayo, the Devil's Paradise: Travels in the Peruvian Amazon Region and an Account of the Atrocities Committed upon the Indians Therein]]. | + | |
| + | ==Bibliography== | ||
| + | '''By Roger Casement''': | ||
| + | * 1910. ''Roger Casement's Diaries: 1910. The Black and the White''. Sawyer, Roger, ed. London: Pimlico. {{ISBN|0-7126-7375-X}} | ||
| + | * 1910. ''The Amazon Journal of Roger Casement''. Mitchell, Angus, ed. Anaconda Editions. | ||
| + | * 1911. 'Sir Roger Casement's Heart of Darkness: The 1911 Documents' Mitchell, Angus, ed., Irish Manuscripts Commission. | ||
| + | * 1914. ''The Crime against Ireland, and How the War May Right it''. Berlin: no publisher. | ||
| + | * 1914. ''Ireland, Germany and Freedom of the Seas: A Possible Outcome of the War of 1914''. New York & Philadelphia: The Irish Press Bureau. Reprinted 2005: {{ISBN|1-4219-4433-2}} | ||
| + | * 1914–16 'One Bold Deed of Open Treason: The Berlin Diary of Roger Casement', Mitchell, Angus ed., Merrion | ||
| + | * 1915. ''[[The Crime against Europe. The Causes of the War and the Foundations of Peace]]''. Berlin: The Continental Times. | ||
| + | * 1916. ''Gesammelte Schriften. Irland, Deutschland und die Freiheit der Meere und andere Aufsätze''. Diessen vor München: Joseph Huber Verlag. Second expanded edition, 1917. | ||
| + | * 1918. ''Some Poems''. London: The Talbot Press/T. Fisher Unwin. | ||
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| + | ''Secondary Literature, and other materials cited in this entry'': | ||
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| + | *Daly, Mary E., ed. 2005. ''Roger Casement in Irish and World History,'' Dublin, Royal Irish Academy | ||
| + | *Doerries, Reinhard R., 2000. ''Prelude to the Easter Rising: Sir Roger Casement in Imperial Germany''. London & Portland. Frank Cass. | ||
| + | * [[Jeff Dudgeon|Dudgeon, Jeffrey]], 2002. ''Roger Casement: The Black Diaries with a Study of his Background, Sexuality and Irish Political Life''. Belfast Press (includes first publication of 1911 diary); 2nd paperback and Kindle editions, 2016; 3rd paperback and Kindle editions, 2019, {{ISBN|978-1-9160194-0-9}}. | ||
| + | * [[Jeff Dudgeon|Dudgeon, Jeffrey]], July 2016. ''Roger Casement's German Diary 1914-1916 including 'A Last Page' and associated correspondence''. Belfast Press, {{ISBN|978-0-9539287-5-0}}. | ||
| + | * Goodman, Jordan, [https://archive.org/details/devilmrcasemento00good ''The Devil and Mr. Casement: One Man's Battle for Human Rights in South America's Heart of Darkness''], 2010. Farrar, Straus & Giroux; {{ISBN|978-0-374-13840-0}} | ||
| + | * Harris, Brian, "Injustice", Sutton Publishing. 2006; {{ISBN|0-7509-4021-2}} | ||
| + | * [[Adam Hochschild|Hochschild, Adam]], ''[[King Leopold's Ghost]]''. | ||
| + | * Hyde, H. Montgomery, 1960. ''Trial of Roger Casement''. London: William Hodge. Penguin edition 1964. | ||
| + | * Hyde, H. Montgomery, 1970. ''The Love That Dared not Speak its Name''. Boston: Little, Brown (in UK ''The Other Love''). | ||
| + | * Inglis, Brian, 1973. ''Roger Casement'', London: Hodder and Stoughton. Republished 1993 by Blackstaff Belfast and by Penguin 2002; {{ISBN|0-14-139127-8}}. | ||
| + | * Lacey, Brian, 2008. ''Terrible Queer Creatures: Homosexuality in Irish History''. Dublin: Wordwell Books. | ||
| + | * MacColl, René, 1956. ''Roger Casement''. London, Hamish Hamilton. | ||
| + | * Mc Cormack, W. J., 2002. ''Roger Casement in Death or Haunting the Free State''. Dublin: UCD Press. | ||
| + | * Minta, Stephen, 1993. ''Aguirre: The Re-creation of a Sixteenth-Century Journey Across South America''. Henry Holt & Co. {{ISBN|0-8050-3103-0}}. | ||
| + | * Mitchell, Angus, 2003. ''Casement (Life & Times Series)''. Haus Publishing Limited; {{ISBN|1-904341-41-1}}. | ||
| + | * Mitchell, Angus, 2013. ''Roger Casement''. Dublin: O'Brien Press; {{ISBN|9781847176080}}. | ||
| + | * Ó Síocháin, Séamas and Michael O’Sullivan, eds., 2004. ''The Eyes of Another Race: Roger Casement's Congo Report and 1903 Diary''. University College Dublin Press; {{ISBN|1-900621-99-1}}. | ||
| + | * Ó Síocháin, Séamas, 2008. ''Roger Casement: Imperialist, Rebel, Revolutionary''. Dublin: Lilliput Press. | ||
| + | * Reid, B.L., 1987. ''The Lives of Roger Casement''. London: The Yale Press; {{ISBN|0-300-01801-0}}. | ||
| + | * Sawyer, Roger, 1984. ''Casement: The Flawed Hero''. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. | ||
| + | * Singleton-Gates, Peter, & Maurice Girodias, 1959. ''The Black Diaries. An Account of Roger Casement's Life and Times with a Collection of His Diaries and Public Writings''. Paris: The Olympia Press. First edition of the Black Diaries. | ||
| + | * Thomson, Basil, 1922. ''Queer People'' (chapters 7-8), an account of the Easter Uprising and Casement's involvement from the head of Scotland Yard at the time. London: Hodder and Stoughton. | ||
| + | * Clayton, Xander: ''Aud'', Plymouth 2007. | ||
| + | * Wolf, Karin, 1972. ''Sir Roger Casement und die deutsch-irischen Beziehungen''. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot; {{ISBN|3-428-02709-4}}. | ||
| + | * Eberspächer, Cord/Wiechmann, Gerhard. "Erfolg Revolution kann Krieg entscheiden". Der Einsatz von S.M.H. Libau im irischen Osteraufstand 1916 ("Success revolution may decide war". The use of S.M.H. Libau in the Easter Rising 1916), in: Schiff & Zeit, Nr. 67, Frühjahr 2008, S 2–16. | ||
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Roger David Casement (1 September 1864 – 3 August 1916) was a diplomat and Irish nationalist. He worked for the British Foreign Office as a diplomat and later became a humanitarian activist, poet and Easter Rising leader. Described as the "father of twentieth-century human rights investigations", he was honoured in 1905 for the Casement Report on the Congo and knighted in 1911 for his important investigations of human rights abuses in Peru.
In Africa as a young man, Casement first worked for commercial interests before joining the British Colonial Service. In 1891 he was appointed as a British consul, a profession he followed for more than 20 years. Influenced by the Boer War and his investigation into colonial atrocities against indigenous peoples, Casement grew to mistrust imperialism. After retiring from consular service in 1913, he became more involved with Irish republicanism and other separatist movements. During World War I he made efforts to gain German military aid for the 1916 Easter Rising that sought to gain Irish independence.
He was arrested, convicted and executed for high treason. He was stripped of his knighthood and other honours. Before the trial, the British government circulated excerpts said to be from his private journals, known as the Black Diaries, which detailed homosexual activities. Given prevailing views and existing laws on homosexuality, this material undermined support for clemency for Casement. Debates have continued about these diaries: a handwriting comparison study in 2002 concluded Casement had written the diaries, but this was still contested by some.
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Bibliography
By Roger Casement:
- 1910. Roger Casement's Diaries: 1910. The Black and the White. Sawyer, Roger, ed. London: Pimlico. Template:ISBN
- 1910. The Amazon Journal of Roger Casement. Mitchell, Angus, ed. Anaconda Editions.
- 1911. 'Sir Roger Casement's Heart of Darkness: The 1911 Documents' Mitchell, Angus, ed., Irish Manuscripts Commission.
- 1914. The Crime against Ireland, and How the War May Right it. Berlin: no publisher.
- 1914. Ireland, Germany and Freedom of the Seas: A Possible Outcome of the War of 1914. New York & Philadelphia: The Irish Press Bureau. Reprinted 2005: Template:ISBN
- 1914–16 'One Bold Deed of Open Treason: The Berlin Diary of Roger Casement', Mitchell, Angus ed., Merrion
- 1915. The Crime against Europe. The Causes of the War and the Foundations of Peace. Berlin: The Continental Times.
- 1916. Gesammelte Schriften. Irland, Deutschland und die Freiheit der Meere und andere Aufsätze. Diessen vor München: Joseph Huber Verlag. Second expanded edition, 1917.
- 1918. Some Poems. London: The Talbot Press/T. Fisher Unwin.
Secondary Literature, and other materials cited in this entry:
- Daly, Mary E., ed. 2005. Roger Casement in Irish and World History, Dublin, Royal Irish Academy
- Doerries, Reinhard R., 2000. Prelude to the Easter Rising: Sir Roger Casement in Imperial Germany. London & Portland. Frank Cass.
- Dudgeon, Jeffrey, 2002. Roger Casement: The Black Diaries with a Study of his Background, Sexuality and Irish Political Life. Belfast Press (includes first publication of 1911 diary); 2nd paperback and Kindle editions, 2016; 3rd paperback and Kindle editions, 2019, Template:ISBN.
- Dudgeon, Jeffrey, July 2016. Roger Casement's German Diary 1914-1916 including 'A Last Page' and associated correspondence. Belfast Press, Template:ISBN.
- Goodman, Jordan, The Devil and Mr. Casement: One Man's Battle for Human Rights in South America's Heart of Darkness, 2010. Farrar, Straus & Giroux; Template:ISBN
- Harris, Brian, "Injustice", Sutton Publishing. 2006; Template:ISBN
- Hochschild, Adam, King Leopold's Ghost.
- Hyde, H. Montgomery, 1960. Trial of Roger Casement. London: William Hodge. Penguin edition 1964.
- Hyde, H. Montgomery, 1970. The Love That Dared not Speak its Name. Boston: Little, Brown (in UK The Other Love).
- Inglis, Brian, 1973. Roger Casement, London: Hodder and Stoughton. Republished 1993 by Blackstaff Belfast and by Penguin 2002; Template:ISBN.
- Lacey, Brian, 2008. Terrible Queer Creatures: Homosexuality in Irish History. Dublin: Wordwell Books.
- MacColl, René, 1956. Roger Casement. London, Hamish Hamilton.
- Mc Cormack, W. J., 2002. Roger Casement in Death or Haunting the Free State. Dublin: UCD Press.
- Minta, Stephen, 1993. Aguirre: The Re-creation of a Sixteenth-Century Journey Across South America. Henry Holt & Co. Template:ISBN.
- Mitchell, Angus, 2003. Casement (Life & Times Series). Haus Publishing Limited; Template:ISBN.
- Mitchell, Angus, 2013. Roger Casement. Dublin: O'Brien Press; Template:ISBN.
- Ó Síocháin, Séamas and Michael O’Sullivan, eds., 2004. The Eyes of Another Race: Roger Casement's Congo Report and 1903 Diary. University College Dublin Press; Template:ISBN.
- Ó Síocháin, Séamas, 2008. Roger Casement: Imperialist, Rebel, Revolutionary. Dublin: Lilliput Press.
- Reid, B.L., 1987. The Lives of Roger Casement. London: The Yale Press; Template:ISBN.
- Sawyer, Roger, 1984. Casement: The Flawed Hero. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.
- Singleton-Gates, Peter, & Maurice Girodias, 1959. The Black Diaries. An Account of Roger Casement's Life and Times with a Collection of His Diaries and Public Writings. Paris: The Olympia Press. First edition of the Black Diaries.
- Thomson, Basil, 1922. Queer People (chapters 7-8), an account of the Easter Uprising and Casement's involvement from the head of Scotland Yard at the time. London: Hodder and Stoughton.
- Clayton, Xander: Aud, Plymouth 2007.
- Wolf, Karin, 1972. Sir Roger Casement und die deutsch-irischen Beziehungen. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot; Template:ISBN.
- Eberspächer, Cord/Wiechmann, Gerhard. "Erfolg Revolution kann Krieg entscheiden". Der Einsatz von S.M.H. Libau im irischen Osteraufstand 1916 ("Success revolution may decide war". The use of S.M.H. Libau in the Easter Rising 1916), in: Schiff & Zeit, Nr. 67, Frühjahr 2008, S 2–16.
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