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He was the king of the small country Belgium, and want the Congo for himself. He also just wanted the resources to make money for himself.

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"You created organizations with humanitarian-sounding names like the International African Association and International Association of the Congo."

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This shows that King Leopold was trying to look like a good person and to hide his real intentions. Also to make people think he is taking away the slaves in the Congo.

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"You funded the expedition of Henry Morton Stanley, a famous explorer who mapped the Congo River and then you paid for the development of the railroad, steamships, and trading stations.  These provided the infrastructure and technology you needed to control the country.  You paid for all of the weapons used to terrorize the Congolese."

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"You paid off journalists like Mary French Sheldon to write newspaper articles about you as a philanthropist who was interested in the economic development of Congo."

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This also helps show that king Leopold was responsible for the death of 10 million Congo people, because he paid people to make him look good in news papers. Also if you need to pay someone to make you look good in a news paper you have to be really evil.

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King Leopold was responsible for the deaths of 10 million congolese people, because he lied to the public about what was happening, and he funded the whole thing an gave weapons to the army he sent. Also he planned everything out and knew what he was going to do. Even though King Leopold never stepped foot in the Congo, everything connects back to him.