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    to give him power over life and death of over 20 million human beings.” This great genius for evil‚ King Leopold II‚ was commonly known for the atrocities he committed in the Congo Free State. Leopold’s ability to gain control over the lives of the Congolese was due to the deceit and use of persuasion over head powers for a lucrative business. Specifically‚ in the Congo Free State‚ King Leopold II’s approach to governing‚ in an effort to gain the most profit‚ lead to violent atrocities and the deaths

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    Leopold II (1835-1909) The King of Belgium 1865-1909. The scramble for Africa began in the mid-1870’s with the purpose to colonize the "Dark Continent". Much of the exploration and European interests were in the southern‚ northern‚ and eastern part of the continent. It was still called the "Dark Continent" because of the large basin of rain forests surrounding the Congo River in the equatorial part of western Africa. This area was virtually unexplored because traveling up the river by boat was impossible

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    Chakravartty 4/16/15 King Leopold’s Ghost Response Paper With an estimated death toll of ten million people‚ King Leopold’s conquest of the Congo is recognized as one of the bloodiest holocausts in human history. The sheer brutality of this gruesome process triggered the world’s first international human rights movement. However‚ unlike the holocaust of Jews committed by the Nazi regime in mid-twentieth century Germany‚ the Belgian extermination of the Congolese has gone largely forgotten. In King Leopold’s

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    question of this investigation is “What explains King Leopold II´s poor treatment of his subjects in Congo Free State?”‚ and it will investigate what could contribute to explaining how and why King Leopold II of Belgium were able to treat his subjects in Congo so poorly. There could of course be several contributing factors that explains King Leopold II´s poor treatment‚ however‚ in this investigation‚ the focus will be on the factors that gave the King the amount of power that he had‚ and thus gave

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    Letter from Leopold to Prime Minister Beernaert How does Leopold justify colonization of the Congo? Leopold justifies the colonization of the Congo with the fact that countries have been colonizing in other territories throughout history. He goes back on major empires and names few along with what they did. What economic arguments does he stress? He stresses intellectual‚ capitalist‚ or manual opportunities for all workers. How does he envision the future of Belgium and the Congo? Leopold visions the

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    exploitation of the weak and underdeveloped countries. Belgian King Leopold II was one of the ambitious monarchs interested in acquiring a “slice of African Cake”. Ultimately‚ his reign over his Congo Free State was a regime of terror and monumental atrocities. The Belgium King‚ under a humanitarian pretense‚ was the person behind massive exploitation of African Congo. In his effort to maximize the profits from ivory and wild rubber‚ Leopold II imposed a system of torture‚ slavery and slaughter.

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    territories had been taken over by other European Countries so the only other option was to head into the vastly unexplored continent of Africa. The man who would be come to be called King Leopold was the one who started that exploration that would forever change the economy of the Republic of Congo (page 10). Leopold was excited about the opportunity to

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    White King‚ Red Rubber‚ Black Death “White King‚ Red Rubber‚ Black Death‚” illustrated how King Leopold II of Belgium acquired the Congo as a free state and exploited it by reign of terror. King Leopold II took over leadership of Belgium from his father‚ hoping to gain power and wealth‚ as well as assuming control of overseas territories like most other European nations of the time did. Leopold created‚ through political lobbying and military force‚ the Belgian Free State. The Belgian Free State

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    King Leopold is from Belgium‚ he came to Africa to take their natural resources because Africans were rich with resources. Belgians had companies in Africa and they worked their‚ Leopold got really greedy for natural resources and he started to invade in Africa. King Leopold started to make promises with the Africans saying that he was going to keep them very well educated‚ build hospitals and buildings for their needs Leopold didn’t keep his promises because he didn’t take care of the Natives and

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    King Leopold the II‚ is infamously known as the sole creator of the “Congo Free State”‚ modern day Republic of the Congo. The Congo region was and still is a vastly diverses area of modern day Africa. However‚ when King Leopold began his expedition to africa‚ the area was occupied by a vast amount diverse groups of people‚ but predominantly‚ the Bantu migrants which settled in the vastly resourceful land near lake Tanganyika. This immensely resourceful land was in the forefront of various european

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