King Leopold II & the Congo Free State Genocide | African Biographics

We look at King Leopold’s II of Belgium rule of the Congo Free State, the territory now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
King Leopold II's rule over the Congo was a horror story with a body count on par with that of Adolph Hitler's. This empire known as the Congo Free State and was 76 times the size of Belgium.

Millions of Congolese were killed or maimed working in rubber plantations and in military expeditions while Leopold amassed a huge personal fortune.
In the space of 23 years, it is estimated that more than 10 million Congolese were killed. And the ironic part is that the King Himself never set foot in the Congo. This video gives an account of the atrocities of what led to these atrocities in the then Congo Free State.

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Sources:

1) https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2641&context=honorstheses1990-2015
2) https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2020/06/30/another-statue-of-king-leopold-ii-comes-down-in-belgium-heres-why/?sh=3302fbf25550
3) https://allthatsinteresting.com/king-leopold-ii-congo/3
4) https://www.dw.com/en/king-leopolds-legacy-the-lingering-chaos-in-dr-congo/a-53982357
5) https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leopold-II-king-of-Belgium
6) https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/6/9/who-was-leopold-ii-why-did-belgiums-antwerp-remove-his-statue
7) https://www.encyclopedia.com/international/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/king-leopold-ii-and-congo
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