he basically cut off the hands of all the people who did not bring rubber or palm oil.....
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Leopold II of Belgium.
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King Leopold II
He was Leopold II.
King Leopold of Belgium became the monarch of the Congo Free State.
King Leopold the II, was the king of Belgium and responsible for the deaths of many in the Belgium Congo.
Congo Free State
Henry Stanley
The African colony that had been the personal property of Leopold II was the Congo Free State, which later became the Belgian Congo. Leopold II exploited the colony for its natural resources, leading to brutal treatment of the local population.
Leopold II of Belgium was incredibly abusive and barbaric in the way he went about governing the Belgian Congo (the colony that is now the independent country called the Democratic Republic of the Congo).
Leopold II
King Leopold of Belgium became the monarch of the Congo Free State.