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King Leopold II

837829_1 — 2025-04-22 17:34:38 UTC

King Leopold was the king of belgium from 1865 to 1909, during the Berlin conference King Leopold decided to claim the Congo as his own personal reserve. But Leopold had a sinister plan to enslave the Congolese to work to collect rubber.

Evidence 1

837829_1 — 2025-04-22 17:38:18 UTC

King Leopold funded the entire operation by sending his Force Publique firearms and ammunition to use against the Congolese if they did not meet the rubber collection quota.

Reasoning 1

837829_1 — 2025-04-22 17:42:08 UTC

This evidence illustrates how King Leopold was endorsing the killings by shipping weapons to his soldiers. Leopold knew what was happening in the Congo but he let it happen so he could have money and power. Leopold's funding caused millions of deaths just for money.

Evidence 2

837829_1 — 2025-04-24 19:30:58 UTC

King Leopold ordered his force publique to murder millions of Congolese men and women, burn villages, and cut off hands of workers for not collecting enough rubber. While King Leopold may have not killed anyone, he did order his force publique to kill millions of congolese workers.

Reasoning 2

837829_1 — 2025-04-25 13:38:38 UTC

This evidence shows how King Leopold ordered the genocide of the Congolese just so that he could have power and control over the congo. He never set foot in the Congo, but he is responible for the killings of millions of Congolese people.

Evidence 3

837829_1 — 2025-04-25 17:00:24 UTC

King Leopold may have done all of these atrocities but he was not uncovered for years as "paid off journalists like Mary French Sheldon to write newspaper articles about you as a philanthropist who was interested in the economic development of Congo"

Reasoning 3

837829_1 — 2025-04-25 17:10:48 UTC

This evidence shows how King Leopold knew that his actions were wrong but he paid off the reporters so he could look good and keep his operation going. The only reason that the rubber trade kept happening was because Leopold paid off the journalists.