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A man stares at the hand and foot of his daughter who was killed:

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A picture of King Leopold (the perpetrator):

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This shows where on the map Belgian Congo was:

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Helms also writes,  "1948 - The United Nations (UN) Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide is adopted to prevent future genocide" After all of the genocides, people have finally decided to come up with a way to end them and prevent any more from happening

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An ABC Clio article titled War Crimes and International Law by Andrew G. Helms reports, "2009 - More than six years after its establishment, the International Criminal Court commences its first trial, addressing the charges of war crimes against humanity by former Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga." We know that criminals who have taken part in Genocides are being arrested.

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According to the book Democratic Republic of Congo, written by Terri Willis in 2004, "...King Leopold II was allowed to take over and claim Congo...he exploited the people and forced them into hard labor" The citizens of Congo had to obtain rubber, ivory, and copper for Leopold.

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An article titled African Holocaust- King Leopold's Belgian Congo written by A. Hochschild claims, "Failure to meet the rubber quotas was punishable by death. The Force Publique were required to provide a hand of their victims as proof when they had shot and killed someone...the rubber quotas were in part paid off in chopped-off hands." Besides being forced into hard labor, the people were also being severely punished if they didn't meet expectations.

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An ABC Clio article titled Leopold II of Belgium written by Jim Marshall reads, "...Leopold was able to accumulate fabulous riches by extracting and selling rubber, ivory, and copper from the Congo. He accomplished this, however, through such inhuman treatment of the African laborers..." Leopold wanted all the resources from Congo, including rubber. To do this he forced the people into labor and made them extract rubber from rubber trees.

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A Newsela article titled, What Is Genocide, a Word First Used After World War II? states,"...the International Criminal Court (ICC), ...has dealt with cases against leaders in the Congo and in Sudan." Because of the African Holocaust, the government has taken notice of what had happened and know how to prevent something like it from happening again.

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The African Holocaust helps other countries prevent another genocides from happening.

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The African Holocaust helps other countries prevent another genocides from happening.

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The people of Belgian Congo were treated very cruely and unjustly.

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The people of Belgian Congo were treated very cruely and unjustly.

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It started when Leopold was crowned King of Belgium in 1865. Leopold really wanted to take over Congo for it's great resources and wanted Belgium to have great power. When he finally did take over, he forced all of the citizens into labor and turned them into slaves. The genocide ended after Edmund Morel discovered the use of slaves and the British decided to take Congo.