King Leopold II lost control of the Congo largely due to international outrage over his brutal exploitation and human rights abuses in the region, particularly the forced labor and atrocities committed against the local population in the rubber trade. Reports from missionaries and activists, such as Edmund Dene Morel and the Congo Reform Association, raised awareness and galvanized public opinion against his regime. Additionally, growing pressure from the Belgian government and international community ultimately led to the annexation of the Congo Free State by Belgium in 1908, ending Leopold's personal rule.
Modern day Zaire.
King Leopold II was considered by the white people of his day as an effective and influential ruler. As king of Belgium, he led the colonization of the then-Belgian Congo, which provided great wealth to his country, all derived from the natural resources which the Congo had in abundance. But Africans, as well as modern students of colonialism, do not hold such a positive view of King Leopold. The modern view is that he was a harsh and brutal dictator, who plundered the mineral wealth of the Congo, provided little infrastructure or education for the Congolese people, and only cared about the riches the Congo could deliver to Belgium, while relegating the African citizenry to lives of extreme poverty and servitude. An excellent study of what King Leopold did can be found in the 1998 book "King Leopold's Ghost" by Adam Hochschild.
King Leopold of Belgium became the monarch of the Congo Free State.
King Leopold of Belgium became the monarch of the Congo Free State.
King Leopold II
Yes. King Leopold the 2nd of Belgium did.
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The Belgium Government
King Leopold the II, was the king of Belgium and responsible for the deaths of many in the Belgium Congo.
King Leopold II
He was Leopold II.
King Leopold of Belgium became the monarch of the Congo Free State.
He wanted his own colony, and wished for economic control (especially in the rubber businesses).
King Leopold II. this was just a way for the Europeans to take control of most of Africa
Henry Stanley
Congo Free State
King Leopold of Belgium became the monarch of the Congo Free State.