What were the crimes king Leopold committed?

Answer 1

King Leopold committed many atrocious crimes that usually revolved around his cruel impression of Imperialism in Africa. He was know for subjegating the "savages" or to us, the natives, by turning them into spectacles of amusment, slaves of hard labor that consisted of the ironic task of harvesting their own ivory (elephant tusk) and helping the imperialists ship it, sell it, gather it. Leopold is also known for allowing the settlers to cut off the hands of many of the natives. The will become his legacy, and to this day, there stands a statue in Belgium (his birthplace) where a depiction of natives are holding up Leopold, and was originally supposed to show how he "helped" them and saved them, how they now thank him. What the statue is now is a reminder of his history and his cruel ways, the natives in the statues have all their hands cut off now to show what really happened while he was at rule.