1 OF 25 DARK HISTORY NEXT LIST African colonialism is replete with stories of mass elimination and horrific acts of aggression committed in the name of European imperialism. The Congo Free State history is not unique in that regard, but it is one of the worst, yet lesser-known, exterminations in history. The Congo Free State was formed in 1885 after Belgian King Leopold II, one of the cruelest leaders in history , convinced his European peers that he should be in charge of a territory over 70 times the size of his own country. Leopold promised that he would civilize the Congo while also exploiting its natural resources and trading with the region. However, the civilization that Leopold had in mind was a grotesque vision that ended in human tragedy. The Europeans forced the Africans to work without pay, justifying their actions by claiming that the labor was in exchange for civilizing the natives . Far from creating the t...
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