https://padlet.com/pyoung43/wkp5nag7mbj9ew74 An Open Letter to King Leopold II en-us 2021-02-25 16:26:45 UTC 2025-12-17 17:47:40 UTC hello@padlet.com mmccoy211 https://padlet.com/pyoung43/wkp5nag7mbj9ew74/wish/1242646861 They were given to the native to be eaten. william writes about how the slaves were mistreated.-maddie]]> 2021-02-25 18:42:49 UTC https://padlet.com/pyoung43/wkp5nag7mbj9ew74/wish/1242646861 https://padlet.com/pyoung43/wkp5nag7mbj9ew74/wish/1242650768 George accuses King Leopold of continuously seeking out native Africans and forcing them to become slaves. (He uses the term slave-hunting raids) King Leopold would go as far as to wage war.]]> 2021-02-25 18:43:31 UTC https://padlet.com/pyoung43/wkp5nag7mbj9ew74/wish/1242650768 ruddin21 https://padlet.com/pyoung43/wkp5nag7mbj9ew74/wish/1242651024 Williams writes about how the congelese are not seen as equals with Belgians under the law. A Belgian murdered a congelese person and all of the government officials did their best to defend him. Belgians also were seen stealing wine bottles from hotel workers, and instead of them getting in trouble for stealing, the congelese hotel workers were the ones who got punished.]]> 2021-02-25 18:43:34 UTC https://padlet.com/pyoung43/wkp5nag7mbj9ew74/wish/1242651024 jmoye21 https://padlet.com/pyoung43/wkp5nag7mbj9ew74/wish/1242657787 There are only 2300 Congo soldiers and Leopoldo knows it won’t be a fair fight. Jailynn]]> 2021-02-25 18:44:52 UTC https://padlet.com/pyoung43/wkp5nag7mbj9ew74/wish/1242657787 pbarua21 https://padlet.com/pyoung43/wkp5nag7mbj9ew74/wish/1242658019 George accuses the King of waging war on innocent tribes. Belgian soldiers are not leaving anyone alive, both elderly and infants are being killed. Normal civilains (noncombatnants) are also pulled into the turmoil, sometimes for the pleasure of the soldiers. ]]> 2021-02-25 18:44:55 UTC https://padlet.com/pyoung43/wkp5nag7mbj9ew74/wish/1242658019 https://padlet.com/pyoung43/wkp5nag7mbj9ew74/wish/1242663723 Describes King Leopold's soldiers as bloodthirsty, cannibalistic who have no mercy. They have no morals and play with people's lives as if it were games. One in particular, made a bet that a Congolese man would fall dead with only 5 gunshots.]]> 2021-02-25 18:46:01 UTC https://padlet.com/pyoung43/wkp5nag7mbj9ew74/wish/1242663723 pbarua21 https://padlet.com/pyoung43/wkp5nag7mbj9ew74/wish/1242670411 Elderly and children were nor spared during village raids. Belgian slodiers brought the heads of many Congolese people, some even ate the flesh of human children. Hostile and intentional killing of civilians. ]]> 2021-02-25 18:47:18 UTC https://padlet.com/pyoung43/wkp5nag7mbj9ew74/wish/1242670411 https://padlet.com/pyoung43/wkp5nag7mbj9ew74/wish/1242671139 Williams is saying that the government is very cruel to the prisoners than any of the other governments-rahkia]]> 2021-02-25 18:47:26 UTC https://padlet.com/pyoung43/wkp5nag7mbj9ew74/wish/1242671139 https://padlet.com/pyoung43/wkp5nag7mbj9ew74/wish/1242677391 The government is treating the prisoners too cruel and someone is speaking up about it-kamar]]> 2021-02-25 18:48:34 UTC https://padlet.com/pyoung43/wkp5nag7mbj9ew74/wish/1242677391 jmoye21 https://padlet.com/pyoung43/wkp5nag7mbj9ew74/wish/1242692038 Europeans are creating laws natives don’t understand and they cannot obey the laws because they are in a different language.]]> 2021-02-25 18:51:20 UTC https://padlet.com/pyoung43/wkp5nag7mbj9ew74/wish/1242692038 https://padlet.com/pyoung43/wkp5nag7mbj9ew74/wish/1242693593 The government is miss treating the people and abusing them, leaving them with no power. Tamia W]]> 2021-02-25 18:51:38 UTC https://padlet.com/pyoung43/wkp5nag7mbj9ew74/wish/1242693593 https://padlet.com/pyoung43/wkp5nag7mbj9ew74/wish/1242695612 Example of the cruelty the people faced were being beaten with chicote -rahkia ]]> 2021-02-25 18:52:00 UTC https://padlet.com/pyoung43/wkp5nag7mbj9ew74/wish/1242695612 https://padlet.com/pyoung43/wkp5nag7mbj9ew74/wish/1242696743 Women were being captured and abused - Sommer ]]> 2021-02-25 18:52:12 UTC https://padlet.com/pyoung43/wkp5nag7mbj9ew74/wish/1242696743 https://padlet.com/pyoung43/wkp5nag7mbj9ew74/wish/1242714006 Other people know of the way the prisoners are being treated but no one is speaking up about it and they aren’t being compared to the suffering the natives who are too prisoners.-rahkia]]> 2021-02-25 18:55:25 UTC https://padlet.com/pyoung43/wkp5nag7mbj9ew74/wish/1242714006 https://padlet.com/pyoung43/wkp5nag7mbj9ew74/wish/1242719529 lol]]> 2021-02-25 18:56:30 UTC https://padlet.com/pyoung43/wkp5nag7mbj9ew74/wish/1242719529 https://padlet.com/pyoung43/wkp5nag7mbj9ew74/wish/1242720520 The government is punishing woman for petty crimes by making them slaves to white men. Also when a woman has a child the state makes sure that that child is property and it belongs to the mothers slave master as well.]]> 2021-02-25 18:56:42 UTC https://padlet.com/pyoung43/wkp5nag7mbj9ew74/wish/1242720520 https://padlet.com/pyoung43/wkp5nag7mbj9ew74/wish/1251207115 The government is cruel to their prisoners, and the voice of the prisoners are often shut down, these people are dehumanized by their oppressor. ox- chains were used to eat into these prisoners, leaving scars and deathly marks on their necks. - Tamia W]]> 2021-03-01 01:50:05 UTC https://padlet.com/pyoung43/wkp5nag7mbj9ew74/wish/1251207115