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accusation

822361_1 — 2025-04-22 17:27:51 UTC

the consumers of the rubber that was taken from the Congo are responsible for 10 million peoples deaths in the Congo free state. these consumers bought 14000 tons of rubber from the Congo Which fueled king Leopold to keep the Congo people working in those harsh conditions. and as a result 10 million were either murdered worked to death of starved.

evidence one

822361_1 — 2025-04-22 17:35:29 UTC

one the document of the character cards it says, "You brought this valuable commodity without any concern for its origins."

reasoning one

822361_1 — 2025-04-23 17:08:01 UTC

when you buy things for a company usually you should perform a background check to make sure your money is going to something good. this evidence shows how the Americans did not do a background check on the rubber and how this caused king leapold to get a lot of money and keep the workers working in hard conditions and getting mistreated.

file

822361_1 — 2025-04-23 17:24:45 UTC

these are the consumers of the rubber that king Leopold was producing from the Congo. These consumers are just normal people that purchase rubber like tires garden hoses and much more. they are also companies that purchase rubber like dunpol this company buys so much rubber and supports king Leopoldo.

evidence two

822361_1 — 2025-04-23 17:28:19 UTC

in the suspect profiles it says, " the Dunlop Company in Belfast, Ireland, began producing inflatable rubber tires for bicycles. The worldwide rubber boom started five years later"

Reasoning two

822361_1 — 2025-04-23 17:30:41 UTC

this shows how the rubber market started to boom up so the demand for it was very high which means king loepold could start selling the rubber to these big companies then the companies selling to buyers and then they need more so king leopold could keep producing rubber.

evidence three

822361_1 — 2025-04-23 17:37:31 UTC

On the character cards document it says, "You were well aware of the movements to abolish slavery that swept Europe and the Atlantic world. These had begun less than a century earlier. You knew exactly how far your leaders would go to make a profit. Your complicity allowed Congo to become the most profitable colony in Africa"

reasoning three

822361_1 — 2025-04-24 16:54:24 UTC

in the begining when they were buying rubber they did not know about the Congo people that were being mistreated. but even after they learned that they still continued to buy the rubber. this caused king leaopold to keep the Congo people working and if they did not buy as much rubber than king Leopold would probably sell the country to the government. so they would not have top be slaves anymore.