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Jun 12, 2020 · Leopold II ruled Belgium from 1865-1909 - activists want this statue in Brussels removed due to his brutal regime in Congo Free State. Inside the palatial walls of Belgium's Africa...
Leopold II (French: Léopold Louis Philippe Marie Victor; Dutch: Leopold Lodewijk Filips Maria Victor; 9 April 1835 – 17 December 1909) was the second King of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909, and the founder and sole owner of the Congo Free State from 1885 to 1908.
- 17 December 1865 – 17 December 1909
- Louise of Orléans
Jun 8, 2022 · In the 19th century, Leopold II, the constitutional monarch of Belgium, tried to persuade the governance to colonize certain areas of Africa. However, his attempts didn’t succeed. In the 1880s, he decided to use the International African Association, a humanitarian organization created by him, so that he could carry out his plans.
In 2020, following the murder of George Floyd in the United States and the subsequent protests, numerous statues of Leopold II in Belgium were vandalised as a criticism of the atrocities of his rule in the Congo.
The criminal abuse that King Leopold II of Belgium notoriously visited upon the people of the Congo River Basin, beginning with his illicit appropriation in the 1880s of the vast territory he...
Oct 14, 1999 · Hochschild bases this assertion on the findings of his award-winning book King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa. The book reconstructs the period from 1884 to 1907 when King Leopold II of Belgium occupied the territory that became Zaire and is known today as the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Nov 30, 2014 · Leopold II of Belgium orchestrates one of the most appalling and forgotten acts of slavery, genoci... Clip from episode 3 of BBC documentary"Racism: A History".
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