Suspect Board-King Leopold by Betsy Dolegowski

King Leopold

852041_1 — 2025-04-22 17:44:18 UTC

King Leopold is the cause of 10 million congress peoples deaths. Although he never stepped foot into congo he was the mastermind behind what happened and orchestrated the whole thing. He also provided murder weapons that were used against the cogoness people. And he knew what he was doing was wrong because when he got caught he gave up his fight to people he knew would continue it. Which is why he is the cause of 10 million deaths.

Evidence 1

852041_1 — 2025-04-22 18:25:24 UTC

¨ But you were the mastermind behind the colonization of Congo (known as the Congo Free State) from 1885 to 1908.¨

Evidence 2

852041_1 — 2025-04-22 18:32:04 UTC

¨You paid for all of the weapons used to terrorize the Congolese. Your wealth and power was used to enslave the people of Congo to work with you.¨

Evidence 3

852041_1 — 2025-04-22 19:29:43 UTC

¨Once your crimes were uncovered, you sold your colony to the Belgian government, knowing they would continue your exploitation.

Reasoning 1

852041_1 — 2025-04-22 21:00:12 UTC

This evidence proves that King Leopold was the cause of 10 million deaths because it shows he was the mastermind of the whole process. And how he was the one who wanted and started what ended up happening.

Reasoning 2

852041_1 — 2025-04-23 03:04:24 UTC

This proves that he also was the source of the murder weapons. Which contributes to the fact he is the person to blame for the deaths of 10 million people because he was the supplier of so many weapons.

Reasoning 3

852041_1 — 2025-04-23 03:14:05 UTC

This shows that he was leading and organising the colonization because he gave up his operations to to people he knew would continue. Proving that he knew what he was doing was wrong and had a plan in case he got caught.