King Leopold II by

Evidence 1

853666 — 2025-04-22 14:57:41 UTC

¨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, stream ship, and trading stations.¨

Reasoning 1

853666 — 2025-04-22 15:05:29 UTC

This evidence shows Leopold is to blame because he built the system that allowed him to control and exploit Congo. His investments weren't for helping people, they were for gaining power and profit, which led to millions of deaths.

King Leopold II

853666 — 2025-04-22 15:05:59 UTC

King Leopold II was the second king of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909, and the founder and sole owner of the Congo Free State from 1885 to 1908.

Evidence 2

853666 — 2025-04-23 14:34:43 UTC

¨Leopold created and controlled the Congo Free State, building a violent system that led to millions of deaths through forced labor and abuse. He lied to the world about his goals. He also used fake humanitarian groups to hide his real goal like getting rich from the Congo's resources.

Argument

853666 — 2025-04-23 14:45:00 UTC

King Leopold II is responsible for the death of around 10 million Congolese people because he created and funded a brutal system of exploitation in the Congo free state from 1885 to 1908. He lied to the world about his goal he used fake humanitarian groups to hide his real goal.

Reasoning 2

853666 — 2025-04-23 14:51:05 UTC

This shows King Leopold is to blame because Leopold created and controlled the Congo Free State, building a violent system that led to millions of deaths through forced labor and abuse. His investments weren't for helping people, they were for gaining power and profit, which led to millions of deaths.

Evidence 3

853666 — 2025-04-23 15:00:09 UTC

Your first action was taking land from the people of the Congo. You tricked 450 local chiefs into giving up their land. In return, you gave them cheap pieces of cloths. You said you wanted to help the Congolese people, but you actually hurt them very badly.

Reasoning 3

853666 — 2025-04-25 03:29:35 UTC

This shows King Leopold is to blame because he tricked 450 local chiefs into giving up their land. Then he gave them cheap pieces of clothing and a little of money. He said he wanted to help the Congolese people, but you actually hurt them very badly and killed almost everyone there.