'''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''' (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. |