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Henry Morton Stanley

846158_1 — 2025-04-22 14:52:07 UTC

Henry Morton Stanley is somebody who worked alongside King Leopold II, he was mostly focused on claiming land in the Congo and helping Leopold take over it. He mostly cared about glory and fame, which is why he decided to help King Leopold II out.

Evidence I

846158_1 — 2025-04-22 14:52:17 UTC

"You might try and blame everything on Leopold, but your journals and letters show that what you cared about most was glory and fame."

Reasoning I

846158_1 — 2025-04-22 14:56:58 UTC

This evidence shows that Stanley is to blame for the death of 10,000,000 Congolese people because of how he blamed Leopold for all of it, even though he agreed for the sake of wealth, fame, and glory.

Evidence II

846158_1 — 2025-04-22 14:57:39 UTC

"When they refused his mistreatment, you beat them, worked them to death, or outright killed them."

Reasoning II

846158_1 — 2025-04-22 14:58:47 UTC

This evidence Shows that Stanley is to blame for the death of 10,000,000 Congolese people because of how whenever the Congolese people didn't listen to him, he tortured, beat, and even killed them.

Evidence III

846158_1 — 2025-04-22 14:59:29 UTC

"You did not care if people got sick and died, you wanted to look good for the pictures that would be published in the newspaper."

Reasoning III

846158_1 — 2025-04-22 15:00:48 UTC

This shows that Stanley is to blame for the death of 10,000,000 Congolese people because of how he only cared about how he looked in photos, and how he would look when people read the newspaper, but yet completely ignored all the deaths because he did not care whatsoever, making him pretty much responsible for it all.

Argument

846158_1 — 2025-04-22 15:06:43 UTC

Henry Morton Stanley is to blame for the death of 10,000,000 Congolese people because of how he made them sign treaties they had no clue about what they meant, but he also worked alongside King Leopold II for fame and wealth and didn't care about his friends. He only cared about himself, money, and fame. Not about the deaths of the Congolese people.

Summary

846158_1 — 2025-04-23 14:33:00 UTC

In total about everything that Henry Morton Stanley did is how he worked alongside King Leopold II, all for his wealth and all for fame. He tortured and abused the Congolese people to make sure that they were collecting rubber. And he also wanted them to sign treaties and he knew the Congolese people didn't understand what language it was in.