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King Leopold II

897080_3 — 2025-04-22 20:19:49 UTC

In 1885, King Leopold II of Belgium gained a vast area in central Africa for his personal possession. In the 1880s, as the European powers were carving up Africa, King Leopold II of Belgium took for himself the huge and mostly unexplored territory surrounding the Congo River. Carrying out a genocidal theft of the Congo, he looted its rubber, brutalized its people, and ultimately reduced its population by ten million--all the while cleverly cultivating his reputation as a great humanitarian.

Evidence1

897080_3 — 2025-04-22 21:02:31 UTC

¨True, you didn’t kill anyone with your own hands. But you were the mastermind behind the colonization of Congo (known as the Congo Free State) from 1885 to 1908. Your greed had no bounds and you were obsessed with competing with other European colonial masters. ¨

Argument

897080_3 — 2025-04-22 23:22:58 UTC

King Leopold the second of Belgium is being holed responsible for the death of 10 million people .I am accusing King Leopold of first degree murder because he killed 10 million people

Evidence 2

897080_3 — 2025-04-23 14:48:29 UTC

in the article it says ¨ Leopold II, the king of the Belgians, enthusiastically followed press accounts of Stanley's travels. Leopold was frustrated that tiny Belgium possessed no colonies. As a constitutional monarch, he held little power at home. But he yearned to rule a rich colonial empire. ¨

Evidence 3

897080_3 — 2025-04-23 15:08:26 UTC

in the text it states ¨ 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.¨

Reasoning 1

897080_3 — 2025-04-23 20:23:21 UTC

This evidence shows that Leopold is the most guilty because he knew what was going on in the Congo, and did nothing to stop it because he wanted to use the Rubber trees and ivory to boost his own status. He also wanted to look like a humanitarian and use that status when he was making people kill people for he.

Reasoning 2

897080_3 — 2025-04-24 03:13:39 UTC

Since Leopold was mad that Belgium didn't have any colonies he decided to go over to the Congo and colonize that and then out of greed he started to mistreat the people of the Congo.

Reasoning 3

897080_3 — 2025-04-24 03:28:31 UTC

He controlled the tree and the economy by paying for everything to make him look like a good humanitarian. Then he paid for the steamships and railroads and deployment. He also paid Henry Morton Stanley to explore the most beautiful river in the Congo to make himself look good.