HISTORY
THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM
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Leonard II
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Leopard II
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Leopold II
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Leotard II
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Detailed explanation-1: -Leopold’s reign over the Congo Free State, however, has become infamous for its brutality. The people of the Congo were forced to labor for valued resources, including rubber and ivory, to personally enrich Leopold. Estimates vary, but about half the Congolese population died from punishment and malnutrition.
Detailed explanation-2: -Leopold was frustrated that tiny Belgium possessed no colonies. As a constitutional monarch, he held little power at home. But he yearned to rule a rich colonial empire. Leopold invited Stanley to Belgium and persuaded the now famous explorer to return to the Congo acting as the king’s personal agent.
Detailed explanation-3: -On the orders of King Leopold, thousands of Congolese were either hung, their hands amputated for failure to meet the daily ratio of sap collection for rubber making. King Leopold took over about 905, 000 square miles of African rain forest with the vast mineral resources for his personal use.