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'''King Leopold II''' (1835-1909) was king of [[Belgium]] from 1865 up until his death. He is most known for his rule of terror over the [[Congo Free State]] (which is in [[Africa]] where modern day [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] exists). He owned it privately and gained rubber and ivory from it, at the expense of its people, whom he forced to work, and often embarked on mass killings of.
'''King Leopold II''' (1835-1909) was the king of [[Belgium]] from 1865 up until his death. He is most known for his rule of terror over the rubber extraction in the [[Congo Free State]], in the present day [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]. Although the Congo Free State was named as the Free State, it was actually the private plantation of the King, through which he extracted rubber and ivory, using the people of the Congo, as slaves, blackmailed through their families, and their own lives. He was involved in the mass kilings of many Congo People, especially due to the rubber and ivory extraction.
King Leopold II became the king of Belgium, shortly after it's independence, from France. Thus, King Leopold II involved itself into european affairs, by claiming the Congo, via the [[Berlin Conference]].
His death is mysterious, although he was rapidly losing power, in the late 1890s and early 1900s. His extreme terror on the Congo People was revealed by British Press, and other Europeans. After his terrible secrets began to be disclosed, he was forced to profess the truth. Also, due to his increasing debts to the Belgian Government, he decided to hand over the Congo Free State to the Belgium Governemnt, as a colony, instead of willing to his daughter.
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